IJN · CL
SunkKatori-class training cruiser, the name ship of her class. Mitsubishi at Yokohama launched her on 17 June 1939 and completed her on 20 April 1940. She was flagship of the Sixth Fleet, the submarine force, from Kwajalein and Truk for most of the war. Leaving Truk during the Hailstone raid on 17 February 1944, she was crippled by carrier aircraft and sunk by Spruance's battleships.
| Class | Katori class |
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| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Yokohama |
| Launched | 1939-06-17 |
| Commissioned | 1940-04-20 |
| Fate | Sunk. northwest of Truk on 17 February 1944 during Operation Hailstone. Carrier aircraft hit her, and gunfire from Iowa and New Jersey and the cruisers of Task Group 50.9 finished her. No survivors were picked up. Captain Oda was killed. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Command
Operation Hailstone, the raid on Truk
1944-02-17 · left Truk at 0430 on the 17th escorting Akagi Maru; torpedoed and strafed by carrier aircraft, then sunk northwest of Truk by the gunfire of Task Group 50.9. Captain Oda killed. Sunk
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