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Kit Manufacturer: Aoshima
Scale: 1/700
Information on this class has been compiled by Jeff Donahoo
Standard Displacement: 5,890 tons
Full Load Displacement: 6,753 tons
Complement:315
Length: 438'
Beam: 52'-6"
Draught: 18'-9" (mean)
Guns:
4-5.5"/50cal
6-5"/40cal
25-25mm
4-21" torpedo tubes (removed from Kashima, Kashii)
Armor: none
Machinery: 2 shaft Kanpon turbines
Boilers: 3 Kanpon HO-GO
S.H.P.: 7,000=18 knots
Oil: 600 tons
Radius: 9,900 miles @ 12 knots
Ships in class:
| Name
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Builder
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Laid Down
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Launched
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Completed
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Fate
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| Katori
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Mitsubishi, Yokohoma
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8/24/38
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6/17/39
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4/20/40
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sunk 2/17/44
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| Kashima
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Mitsubishi, Yokohoma
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10/16/38
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9/25/39
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5/31/40
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scrapped 6/47
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| Kashii
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Mitsubishi, Yokohoma
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5/30/40
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2/14/41
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7/15/41
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sunk 1/12/45
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| Kashiwara
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Mitsubishi, Yokohoma
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8/23/41
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cancelled 11/6/41
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Notes: Small training cruisers. They could carry up to 275 cadets. They were used as flagships for submarine and escort squadrons.
Job Numbers: Katori (72), Kashima (73), Kashii (101), Kashiwara (237)
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