Japanese cruiser Katori

Katori
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Katori
Namesake	Katori Shrine
Ordered	1938 Fiscal Year
Builder	Mitsubishi
Laid down	24 August 1938
Launched	17 June 1939
Commissioned	20 April 1940[1]
Stricken	31 March 1944
Fate	sunk 19 February 1944 by USS Iowa (BB-61) off Truk 07°45′N 151°20′E / 7.750°N 151.333°E / 7.750; 151.333
General characteristics
Class and type	Katori-class cruiser
Displacement	5,890 tons (standard) 6,180 tons (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 (33 km/h)
Range	9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	315
Armament	4 × 140 mm (5.5 in)/50 caliber guns(2x2) 2 × 127 mm (5 in)/40 caliber AA guns (1x2) 4 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns (later increased to 30) 8 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (2x2)
Aircraft carried	1 x floatplane, 1 catapult

Katori (香取) was the lead ship of the Katori class of three light cruisers which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The ship was named after the noted Shinto Katori Shrine in Chiba prefecture, Japan.