Katori-class cruiser

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cruiser
gptkbp:armament 4 × 76 mm guns
2 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
6 × 152 mm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 50 mm
gptkbp:beam 17.5 meters
gptkbp:builder Kawasaki
gptkbp:class gptkb:Katori-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1921
gptkbp:crew 400
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:design 1917-1919
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:displacement 8,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 5.5 meters
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sunk
gptkbp:finalScore lost in action
gptkbp:firstPublished 1921
1940
gptkbp:historicalContext interwar period
gptkbp:homePort Yokosuka
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Katori-class cruiser
gptkbp:launched 1919
gptkbp:length 186 meters
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
Japanese_naval_design
gptkbp:notable_alumni Katori
Kashii
gptkbp:numberBuilt 2
gptkbp:operationalHistory extensive_service_in_WWII
gptkbp:operationalRange 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalStatus decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × turbines
4 × Kampon boilers
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Agano-class_cruiser
gptkbp:role scout cruiser
gptkbp:secondaryRole reconnaissance
escort
gptkbp:services 1920
1945
gptkbp:significance first modern cruiser of Japan
gptkbp:sisterShip Katori
Kashii
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:strategicGoals gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:technology steam turbine propulsion
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:World_War_II