Japanese cruiser Kasagi
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 The Japanese cruiser Kasagi |
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| Career |  |
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| Built: | William Cramp and Sons, United States |
| Ordered: | 1896 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down | March 1897 |
| Launched: | January 1 1898 |
| Completed: | October 24 1898 |
| Fate: | Wrecked August 10 1916, Tsugaru Strait |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tons |
| Length: | 114.1 meters at waterline |
| Beam: | 14.90 meters |
| Draught: | 5.41 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft, 12 boilers, 15000 HP |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots |
| Fuel: | 1000 tons coal |
| Complement: | 405 |
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The Kasagi (笠置) was an protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built in Philadelphia, in the United States by the William Cramp and Sons. It was the sister ship to the Chitose. It should note be confused with the later uncompleted Unryū-class aircraft carrier of the same name, or the Pacific War-era transport Kasuga-maru.
Admiral Yamashita Gentaro served as executive officer on the Kasagi between 1899 and 1900.
The Kasagi was commissioned too late to see much service during the Sino-Japanese War, but it did participate in battles off of Port Arthur. However, it was active in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. It was in the same squadron as the ill-fated battleship Hatsuse, and assisted in efforts to save the crew of that ship when it was mined on 14 May 1904. Later, at the Battle of Tsushima, the Kasagi was commanded by Yamaya Tanin.
The Kasagi ran aground and sank in the Tsugaru Strait between Honshū and Hokkaidō on 10 August 1916.
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