Katori 1941
Kashii 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 香取 [Katori] | Mitsubishi, Yokohama | 24.8.1938 | 17.6.1939 | 20.4.1940 | sunk 17.2.1944 | ||
| 鹿島 [Kashima] | Mitsubishi, Yokohama | 6.10.1938 | 25.9.1939 | 31.5.1940 | surrendered 8.1945, stricken 10.1945 | ||
| 香椎 [Kashii] | Mitsubishi, Yokohama | 30.5.1940 | 14.2.1941 | 5.12.1941 | sunk 12.1.1945 | ||
| 橿原 [Kashiwara] | Mitsubishi, Yokohama | 23.8.1941 | --- | --- | cancelled 11.1941 |
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Displacement standard, t |
5890 |
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Displacement full, t |
6300 |
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Length, m |
123.5 pp 129.8 wl 133.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
16.6 |
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Draught, m |
5.75 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Kampon geared steam turbines, 3 Kampon boilers + 2 Kampon 22-go 10-gata diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
4400 + 3600 = 8000 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 380, diesel oil 160 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
9900(18) |
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Armour, mm |
turrets: 10 |
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Armament |
Katori, Kashima: 2 x 2 - 140/50 3-shiki, 1 x 2 - 127/40 89-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 2 - 533 TT, 1 seaplane (F1M2), 1 catapult Kashii: 2 x 2 - 140/50 3-shiki, 1 x 2 - 127/40 89-shiki, 4 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 2 - 533 TT, 1 seaplane (F1M2), 1 catapult |
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Complement |
315 + 275 cadets |
Project history: Ships of this class have been created specially for training. They were built under Supplementary Programmes of 1937 (Katori and Kashima) and 1939 (Kashii). The order for fourth ship, Kashiwara, laid down 23.8.1941, was cancelled in November of the same year, and hull was broken up on slipway. The 1942 program provided building of four more ships under a little advanced project, however these plans remained not realised.
Ship protection: Only 6-10mm local protection was intended for armament, CT and magazines.
Modernizations: 8.1942, Katori, Kashima: + 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki
4/1944, Kashii: - 2 x 2 - 533 TT, catapult and seaplane; + 2 x 2 - 127/40 89-shiki, 4 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (300), 1-shiki 2-go radar
1/1945, Kashima: - 2 x 2 - 533 TT, catapult and seaplane; + 2 x 2 - 127/40 89-shiki, 4 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 10 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (100), 2-shiki 2-go radar
Naval service: In days of war they were used basically in a role of command ships.
Katori 1.2.1942 was damaged at Kwajalein by US carrier aircraft. 17.2.1944 she was damaged by US carrier aircraft of TF.38 and later sunk by US cruisers Indianapolis, New Orleans and destroyers Bradford and Burns NW off Truk.
Kashii 12.1.1945 was sunk by US aircraft (Essex, Ticonderoga, Langley and San Jacinto air groups) at coast of Vietnam.
Kashima after end of war was used some time for repatriation and scrapped in 1946-1947.
Kashii 7.1941
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