Japanese cruiser Natori
Natori off Nagasaki in 1922 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Natori |
| Namesake | Natori River |
| Ordered | 1919 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Mitsubishi |
| Laid down | 14 December 1920 |
| Launched | 16 February 1922 |
| Commissioned | 15 September 1922 |
| Stricken | 10 October 1944 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Hardhead, 18 August 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Nagara-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 5,088 tons (standard) |
| Length | 534 ft 9 in (162.99 m) |
| Beam | 48 ft 5 in (14.76 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 438 |
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| Armor | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × floatplane |
| Aviation facilities | 1 × catapult |
Natori (名取) was a Nagara-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Natori River in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. Natori was the third vessel completed in the Nagara class of light cruisers. Like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla.