Japanese cruiser Kasagi

History
Japanese cruiser Kasagi at Kobe in 1898
Empire of Japan
Name	Kasagi
Ordered	1896 Fiscal Year
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, USA
Yard number	291
Laid down	13 February 1897
Launched	20 January 1898
Completed	24 October 1898
Out of service	10 August 1916
Stricken	5 November 1916
Fate	Wrecked in the Tsugaru Strait
General characteristics
Class & type	Kasagi-class cruiser
Displacement	4,979 t (4,900 long tons)
Length	114.1 m (374 ft 4 in) w/l
Beam	14.9 m (48 ft 11 in)
Draft	5.41 m (17 ft 9 in)
Installed power	11,600 kW (15,600 hp)
Propulsion	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 12 × boilers 2 × screws
Speed	22.5 kn (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	405
Armament	2 × 20.3 cm (8 in)/45 Type 41 naval guns 10 × 12 cm (4.7 in)/40 Type 41 naval guns 12 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval guns 6 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss guns 5 × 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Deck: 112 mm (4.4 in) (slope), 62 mm (2.4 in) (flat) Gun shield: 114.3 mm (4.50 in) (front), 62 mm (2.4 in) (sides) Conning Tower: 115 mm (4.5 in)

Kasagi (笠置) was the lead ship in the Kasagi-class protected cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessel was the sister ship to the Chitose. She was named after Mount Kasagi, a holy mountain outside Kyoto.