Japanese cruiser Kitakami

	Kitakami in 1935
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kitakami
Namesake	Kitakami River
Ordered	1917 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan
Laid down	1 September 1919
Launched	3 July 1920
Commissioned	15 April 1921
Stricken	30 November 1945
Fate	Scrapped, August 1946
General characteristics
Class & type	Kuma-class cruiser
Displacement	5,100 long tons (5,182 t) standard
Length	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines; 12 Kampon boilers; 90,000 shp (67,000 kW);
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	450
Armament	(initial); 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns; 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns; 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4x2); (as torpedo cruiser); 4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns; 6 × Type 96 25-mm AA guns (2 triple); 40 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (10x4); (final); 2 × Type 89 127-mm AA guns; 67 × Type 96 25-mm AA guns (12 triple mounts + 31 single);
Armor	Belt: 64 mm (3 in); Deck: 29 mm (1 in);
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult

Kitakami (北上) was a Kuma-class cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after the Kitakami River in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

History
Kitakami in 1935
Empire of Japan
Name	Kitakami
Namesake	Kitakami River
Ordered	1917 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan
Laid down	1 September 1919
Launched	3 July 1920
Commissioned	15 April 1921
Stricken	30 November 1945
Fate	Scrapped, August 1946
General characteristics
Class & type	Kuma-class cruiser
Displacement	5,100 long tons (5,182 t) standard
Length	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines 12 Kampon boilers 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	450
Armament	(initial) 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4x2) (as torpedo cruiser) 4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 6 × Type 96 25-mm AA guns (2 triple) 40 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (10x4) (final) 2 × Type 89 127-mm AA guns 67 × Type 96 25-mm AA guns (12 triple mounts + 31 single)
Armor	Belt: 64 mm (3 in) Deck: 29 mm (1 in)
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult