Japanese cruiser Kako

	Kako in 1926
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kako
Namesake	Kako River
Ordered	1923 Fiscal Year
Builder	Kawasaki Shipyards
Laid down	17 November 1922
Launched	10 April 1925
Commissioned	20 July 1926
Stricken	15 September 1942
Fate	Sunk 10 August 1942 by USS S-44
General characteristics
Class and type	Furutaka-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	7,100 t (7,000 long tons) (standard)
Length	185.1 m (607 ft 3.4 in) (o/a)
Beam	16.55 m (54 ft 3.6 in)
Draught	5.56 m (18 ft 2.9 in)
Installed power	12 Kampon boilers; 102,000 shp (76,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	625
Armament	(initial); 6 × single 20 cm (7.9 in) guns; 4 × single 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns; 6 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes; (final); 3 × twin 20.3 cm (8 in) guns; 4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) AA guns; 4 × twin 25 mm (1 in) AA guns; 2 × quad 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt 76 mm (3.0 in); Deck 36 mm (1.4 in);
Aircraft carried	1–2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 catapult

Kako (加古) was the second vessel in the two-vessel Furutaka class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Kako River in Hyogo prefecture, Japan.

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