Kashima / Kashima
Ship Type: light cruiser
Ship Class: Katori
Sister Ships: Katori, Kasii
King laid down: 6.10.10.1938 at Mitsubishi Shipyard, Yokohama
Launched: 25.9.1939
Enlisted: 31.5.1940
Scrapped in 1947
Dimensions:
Total length: 133.4 m
length at waterline: 123.5 m
Width: 16.6 m
Submergence: 5.7 m
Standard displacement: 5,890 t
Displacement at trials: 6,300 t
Maximum displacement: 6,720 t
Propulsion: 2 propellers, 2 Kanpon turbines, 2 diesels, 3 Kanpon boilers
Power: 9 500 hp
Speed: 18 knots
Range: 7 000 nm at 12 knots (also 9 900 nm at 12 knots)
Fuel supply: 600 t of fuel oil (diesel)
Panning:
side belt: 25 mm
deck: 51 - 19 mm
towers: 25 mm
tower tower: ?? mm
Armament:
4 (2xII) x 140 mm/50
2 (1xII), from January 1945 6 (3xII) x 127 mm/40 AA
8 (4xII), from February 1945 30 (4xIII, 4xII, 10xI) x 25 mm/60 AA
8 (8xI) x 13 mm AA
4 (2xII) x 533 mm torpedo tubes (until January 1945)
1 aircraft (seaplane launching from catapult) (until January 1945)
radar Type 13 - to track air targets (from January 1945)
radar Type 22 - to track surface targets (from January 1945)
2 x inracerv. Type 2 communications equipment
4 depth charge throwers and 2 slipways (from January 1945)
equipped also for mine-laying
Crew: approx. 315 (375)
Ships of this class were designed as training cruisers. Also for this reason they had, for example, mixed propulsion (steam turbines and diesels) and very low speed. During the war they served as flagships for submarine fleets, as escort ships for convoy protection and anti-submarine ships. Kashima was converted into an anti-submarine cruiser in January-February 1945: the aft compartments were rebuilt into a protected magazine for up to 100 depth charges, 4 depth charge launchers were installed. The depth charges were installed on the deep sea and 2 slides, as well as hydrophones and sonar. Anti-aircraft. The armament was considerably strengthened: 2 double-barrelled anti-ship guns were installed in place of the removed torpedo tubes. 127 mm guns, the number of 25 mm antiaircraft guns increased to 30 barrels and Type 22 and 13 radars and two Type 2 infrared communication devices were installed.
Ship Type: light cruiser
Ship Class: Katori
Sister Ships: Katori, Kasii
King laid down: 6.10.10.1938 at Mitsubishi Shipyard, Yokohama
Launched: 25.9.1939
Enlisted: 31.5.1940
Scrapped in 1947
Dimensions:
Total length: 133.4 m
length at waterline: 123.5 m
Width: 16.6 m
Submergence: 5.7 m
Standard displacement: 5,890 t
Displacement at trials: 6,300 t
Maximum displacement: 6,720 t
Propulsion: 2 propellers, 2 Kanpon turbines, 2 diesels, 3 Kanpon boilers
Power: 9 500 hp
Speed: 18 knots
Range: 7 000 nm at 12 knots (also 9 900 nm at 12 knots)
Fuel supply: 600 t of fuel oil (diesel)
Panning:
side belt: 25 mm
deck: 51 - 19 mm
towers: 25 mm
tower tower: ?? mm
Armament:
4 (2xII) x 140 mm/50
2 (1xII), from January 1945 6 (3xII) x 127 mm/40 AA
8 (4xII), from February 1945 30 (4xIII, 4xII, 10xI) x 25 mm/60 AA
8 (8xI) x 13 mm AA
4 (2xII) x 533 mm torpedo tubes (until January 1945)
1 aircraft (seaplane launching from catapult) (until January 1945)
radar Type 13 - to track air targets (from January 1945)
radar Type 22 - to track surface targets (from January 1945)
2 x inracerv. Type 2 communications equipment
4 depth charge throwers and 2 slipways (from January 1945)
equipped also for mine-laying
Crew: approx. 315 (375)
Ships of this class were designed as training cruisers. Also for this reason they had, for example, mixed propulsion (steam turbines and diesels) and very low speed. During the war they served as flagships for submarine fleets, as escort ships for convoy protection and anti-submarine ships. Kashima was converted into an anti-submarine cruiser in January-February 1945: the aft compartments were rebuilt into a protected magazine for up to 100 depth charges, 4 depth charge launchers were installed. The depth charges were installed on the deep sea and 2 slides, as well as hydrophones and sonar. Anti-aircraft. The armament was considerably strengthened: 2 double-barrelled anti-ship guns were installed in place of the removed torpedo tubes. 127 mm guns, the number of 25 mm antiaircraft guns increased to 30 barrels and Type 22 and 13 radars and two Type 2 infrared communication devices were installed.
