Japanese cruiser Natori
Natori off Nagasaki in 1922
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 Empire of Japan
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| Ordered: | 1919 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down: | 14 December 1920 |
| Launched: | 16 February 1922 |
| Commissioned: | 15 September 1922 |
| Struck: | 10 October 1944 |
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| Class and type: | Nagara-class cruiser |
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| Length: | 534 ft 9 in (162.99 m) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 5 in (14.76 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
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| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 438 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 x floatplane, 1 catapult |
Natori (名取 軽巡洋艦 Natori keijun'yōkan?) was a Nagara-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Natori River in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. Natori was the third vessel completed in the Nagara class of light cruisers. Like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla.
Natori was completed at Mitsubishi's Nagasaki shipyard on 15 September 1922. Soon after commissioning, Natori was assigned to patrols off the China coast. From 1938, the cruiser was based in Taiwan, and helped cover the landings of Japanese troops in southern China.
In 1940, a border dispute between Siam and French Indochina erupted into armed conflict. A Japanese-sponsored "Conference for the Cessation of Hostilities" was held at Saigon and preliminary documents for a cease-fire between the governments of General Philippe Pétain's Vichy France and the Kingdom of Siam were signed aboard Natori on January 31, 1941.
On 26 November 1941, Natori became flagship of Rear Admiral Kenzaburo Hara's Destroyer Squadron 5 under Vice Admiral Ibo Takahashi's Third Fleet and was assigned to the No.1 Surprise Attack Unit of the Philippine Seizure Force. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Natori was escorting six transports carrying elements of the IJA's 48th Infantry Division from Mako, Pescadores to Aparri, northern Luzon. The landing force was attacked by three USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of the 14th Squadron on 10 December 1941, which slightly damaged Natori and the escorting destroyer Harukaze with near misses. After minor repairs at Mako, Natori ferried 27 transports with the 47th Infantry Regiment of the 48th Infantry Division and the 4th Tank Regiment to Lingayen Gulf in late December.
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