Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1911)

Yahagi in 1916
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Yahagi
Namesake	Yahagi River
Ordered	1907 Fiscal Year
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down	20 June 1910
Launched	3 October 1911
Commissioned	27 July 1912
Stricken	1 April 1940
Fate	Scrapped, 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Chikuma-class protected cruiser
Displacement	5,040 long tons (5,121 t)
Length	144.8 m (475 ft 1 in) o/a
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 shaft Parsons turbine engines; 16 boilers 22,500 hp (16,800 kW) 1,128 tons coal
Speed	26 knots (30 mph; 48 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	414
Armament	8 × 15 cm/45 41st Year Type guns 4 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval guns 2 × 7.7 mm Lewis Guns 3 × 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 37–57 mm (1.5–2.2 in) Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

Yahagi (矢矧) was the second vessel in the Chikuma class of protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yahagi had two sister ships, Chikuma and Hirado. She was named after the Yahagi River, which runs through Nagano, Gifu and Aichi prefectures.