Japanese cruiser Kashima

	Kashima in Shanghai, 1940
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kashima
Ordered	1938 Fiscal Year
Builder	Mitsubishi
Laid down	6 October 1938
Launched	25 September 1939
Commissioned	31 May 1940
Stricken	5 October 1945
Fate	Scrapped 1947
General characteristics
Class and 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

Kashima (鹿島練習巡洋艦, Kashima renshūjunyōkan) was the second vessel completed of the three light cruisers in the Katori class, which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The ship was named after the noted Shinto shrine Kashima Jingu in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.

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