Kako-class cruiser

Jump to navigation Jump to search
Sendai-1.jpg
Ayase in 1933
Class overview
Builders: Imperial Shipbuilding Co.
Operators:  Imperial Taoist Navy
Preceded by: Katana class
Succeeded by: Yodo class
Built: 1921-1925
In commission: 1924-1947
Planned: 6
Completed: 4
Cancelled: 2
Lost: tbd
Scrapped: tbd
General characteristics
Type: Light cruiser
Displacement: 5,278
Length: 162 m (531 ft)
Beam: 14.2 m (47 ft)
Draught: 4.8 m (16 ft)
Installed power: 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range: 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi)
Complement: 441 enlisted and officers
Armament:
Armor:
  • 64 mm (2.5 in) (belt)
  • 29 mm (1.1 in) (deck)
Aircraft carried: 1 x floatplanes
Aviation facilities: 1 catapults

The Kako-class cruiser was a class of light cruisers build for the Imperial Taoist Navy (ITN) in the years building up to World War II.

Design

Propulsion

Armament

Armor

Crew facilities

Construction

Ships in the class

Name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate Notes
Kako Imperial Shipbuilding Co. 9 October 1936 24 November 1937 2 December 1938 Sunk at TBD
Ayase Imperial Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Scrapped in 1947
Minase Imperial Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD
Otonase Imperial Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD
Ship 2117 Imperial Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD
Ship 2118 Imperial Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD