Chitose 1905
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 千歳 <Chitose> | Union Iron Wks, San Francisco, USA | 16/5/1897 | 23/1/1898 | 1/3/1899 | stricken 7/1928 | |
| 笠置 <Kasagi> | Cramp, Philadelphia, USA | 3/1897 | 20/1/1898 | 12/1898 | wrecked 13/8/1916 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Chitose: 4760 Kasagi: 4900 |
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Displacement full, t |
Chitose: 5598 Kasagi: 6066 |
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Length, m |
Chitose: 114.9 pp 120.4 oa Kasagi: 114.1 pp 121.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
Chitose: 15.0 Kasagi: 14.9 |
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Draught, m |
Chitose: 5.37 Kasagi: 5.41 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 12 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
15000 |
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Max speed, kts |
22.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1000 |
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Armour, mm |
Harvey nickel steel - main gun shields: 114 (faces), 64 (sides), secondary gun shields: 64, deck: 45, slopes: 114, CT: 114 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 203/45 EOC S/U/U¹/W, 10 x 1 - 120/40 EOC, 12 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N / Vickers Z, 6 x 1 - 47/30 Hotchkiss, 5 - 356 TT (1 bow, 4 beam) |
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Complement |
Chitose: 434 Kasagi: 405 |
Ship project history: They were built in the USA under the 1896-7 Post-war program. Project was developed on the basis of British-built cruiser Takasago. They carried powerful armament, but possessed insufficient seaworthiness. On trials Kasagi rechaed 22.75kts at 13492hp.
Ship protection: 45-mm deck had 114-mm slopes, machinery was protected by 76-mm glacis. Main guns were protected by 114 - 64-mm shields, secondary guns had 64-mm protection. CT had 114-mm sides.
Modernizations: 1910, Kasagi; 1912, Chitose: boilers were replaced by 8 Miyabara
1924, Chitose: - 2 x 1 - 76/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 3-shiki AA.
Naval service: In days of the First World War
Kasagi served as TS; in 1916
she was wrecked in Tsugaru Strait.
Chitose was disarmed in
1922 and
ranked as
coast defence ship in 1922 - 1926, in 1928 converted to target.
She was sunk on manoeuvres in Bungo
Channel 19/7/1931.
Kasagi was badly damaged at battle of Tsushima by gunfire of Russian cruiser
Svetlana, later repaired. She served as TS from 1910 till 1916 and wrecked
20/7/1916 in Tsugaru Straits during an attempt to assist a merchant vessel in
distress, wreck was abandoned as CTL 13/8/1916.
Chitose 1907
Kasagi
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