Japanese cruiser Kashima
Kashima in Shanghai, 1940 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Kashima |
| Ordered | 1938 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Mitsubishi |
| Laid down | 6 October 1938 |
| Launched | 25 September 1939 |
| Commissioned | 31 May 1940 |
| Stricken | 5 October 1945 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Katori-class cruiser |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 129.77 m (425 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 15.95 m (52 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Range | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 315 + 275 midshipmen |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × floatplane |
| Aviation facilities | 1 catapult |
Kashima (鹿島 練習巡洋艦, Kashima renshūjunyōkan) was the second vessel completed of the three light cruisers in the Katori class, which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The ship was named after the noted Shinto shrine Kashima Jingu in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.