Japanese cruiser Kashii

Kashii on 15 July 1941, at Yokohama during commissioning
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kashii
Ordered	1939 Fiscal Year
Builder	Mitsubishi
Laid down	4 October 1939
Launched	15 October 1940
Commissioned	15 July 1941[1]
Stricken	20 March 1945
Fate	sunk 12 January 1945 bombed/torpedoed by USN aircraft off French Indochina, South China Sea13°50′N 109°20′E / 13.833°N 109.333°E / 13.833; 109.333
General characteristics
Class and type	Katori-class cruiser
Displacement	5,890 long tons (5,985 t) normal 6,180 long tons (6,279 t) full load
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	2-shaft geared turbines, plus diesel motors 3 Kampon boilers 8,000 shp (6,000 kW)
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	4 × 140 mm (5.5 in)/50 cal. guns (2×2) 2 × 127 mm (5 in)/40 cal. AA guns (1×2) 4 × Type 96 AA guns (later increased to 30) 8 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×2)
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 catapult

Kashii (香椎 練習巡洋艦, Kashii renshūjunyōkan) was the third and final vessel completed of the three light cruisers in the Katori class, which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The ship was named after a noted Shinto shrine in Fukuoka, Japan.