Kasuga-class cruiser

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Kasuga in 1900
Class overview
Name	Kasuga class
Builders	Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa, Italy
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Azuma
Succeeded by	Tsukuba class
Built	1902–1904
In commission	1904–1945
Completed	2
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Armored cruiser
Displacement	7,628 long tons (7,750 t) Kasuga 7,698 long tons (7,822 t) Nisshin
Length	108.8 m (356 ft 11 in) w/l 111.73 m (366 ft 7 in) o/a
Beam	18.9 m (62 ft 0 in)
Draught	7.32 m (24 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) Engines 8 boilers 13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	600
Armament	1 × BL 10 inch gun Mk I – IV (Kasuga only) 4 × 20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval guns (2 in Kasuga) 14 × 6-inch (152 mm) rapid fire guns 10 × 3-inch (76.2 mm) rapid fire guns 6 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss guns 2 × Maxim guns 4 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
Armour	Main Belt: 70–150 mm (2.8–5.9 in) Deck: 25–38 mm (0.98–1.50 in) Barbette, Turret, Casemate & Conning tower: 100–150 mm (3.9–5.9 in)

The Kasuga-class cruiser (春日型巡洋艦, Kasuga-gata jun'yōkan) was a class of two armored cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) based on the Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruisers developed by Italy at the end of the 19th century.