Japanese cruiser Kashii

	Kashii on 15 July 1941, at Yokohama during commissioning
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kashii
Ordered	1939 Fiscal Year
Builder	Mitsubishi
Laid down	4 October 1939
Launched	15 October 1940
Commissioned	15 July 1941
Stricken	20 March 1945
Fate	sunk 12 January 1945; bombed/torpedoed by USN aircraft off French Indochina, South China Sea13°50′N 109°20′E / 13.833°N 109.333°E;
General characteristics
Class & type	Katori-class cruiser
Displacement	5,890 long tons (5,985 t) normal; 6,180 long tons (6,279 t) 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 (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Range	9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	315 + 275 midshipmen
Armament	4 × 140 mm (5.5 in)/50 cal. guns (2×2); 2 × 127 mm (5 in)/40 cal. AA guns (1×2); 4 × Type 96 AA guns (later increased to 30); 8 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns; 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×2);
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 catapult

Kashii (香椎練習巡洋艦, Kashii renshūjunyōkan; "Kashii training cruiser") was the third and last Katori-class cruiser completed for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The ship was named after Kashii-gū, a Shinto shrine in Fukuoka, Japan.