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|Anno=<!-- you can write below short description for the ship. it will replace default once. -->
<div class="b-description gw-frame-1"><div class="b-description-img b-description-img__indent b-description-img__single"><div style="width:160px; height:102px; opacity:.5; border-radius:2px; position:absolute; left:0; top:0; z-index:1; -webkit-transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s; transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s;">[[File:Wows_anno_flag_japan.png|160px]]</div><div class="l-description-img_class"><span class="b-description-img_type b-description-img_type__Cruiser b-description-img_type__Cruiser-Premium"></span><span class="b-description-img_class">III</span></div><div class="b-description-img_vehicle">[[File:Ship_PJSC503_Katori.png|160px|link=|left]]</div><div class="l-description-img_price"><span class="b-description-img_price b-description-img_price__gold"><span title="''{{#var:ship_name}}'' was first released for sale on DD Month YYYY.">2,000 doubloons</span></span></div></div><p>[[Ship:{{#var:ship_name}}|{{#var:ship_name}}]] &mdash; Japan Premium Tier&nbsp;III [[Ship:Cruiser|Cruiser]].</p><p>A training cruiser with a hybrid propulsion system and wide-ranging armament: 140 mm main battery guns, dual-purpose 127 mm guns, 25 mm automatic AA guns, 533 mm torpedoes, and a catapult with a seaplane. Such variety was necessary for cadet training. During World War II, Katori was used primarily as a command ship for the 6th Fleet. On February 18, 1944, Katori was sunk by artillery fire from battleship Iowa during the evacuation of the Japanese from the Truk Atoll.</p><p> </p></div>
A training cruiser of special construction with marginal armor protection and rather low speed. Despite her modest dimensions, she carried onboard aircraft equipment and torpedo armament. The cruiser's main guns were augmented with dual-purpose guns and automatic AA guns.<br /><br />First released in 2016 Black Friday bundles. Currently (0.10.1) in the Armory for Doubloons and in the Premium Shop for cash.


|Performance=<!-- write text about performance in battles below -->
===Pros===
{{AA Sidebar Warning Insert}}
* Pro 1
''Katori'' is a Tier III premium Japanese cruiser which many Beta testers may remember as the original Tier I of the Japanese tech tree prior to the introduction of ''[[Hashidate]]''.  In addition to being moved up two tiers, she gains her catapult fighter and torpedo tubes that were missing from her old Tier I configuration.  She is unique in that she is the only Tier III ship in the game capable of equipping a {{Catapult Fighter}}, allowing some extended vision, and annoying any aircraft carriers she encounters. 
* Pro 2


Her main battery guns are the standard Japanese 140mm barrels, mounted in two twin turrets (like ''[[Yubari]]'') instead of single mounts (like ''[[Tenryu]]'' and ''[[Kuma]]'').  Her torpedo tubes have wide firing angles and reload relatively quickly, but she only has one twin launcher per side so lacks the punch to wipe out most ships even if both torpedoes hit home.  ''Katori'' can equip the legendary {{Aiming Systems Modification 0}} &mdash; one of only three ships that can do so<ref>The others are ''Iwaki Alpha'' (now unobtainable) and ''[[Yubari]]''.</ref> &mdash; for large buffs to all main and secondary armament (except AA).
===Cons===
* Con 1
* Con 2


''Katori''’s biggest downside is her slow speed, meaning she cannot move anywhere quickly; even some battleships can chase her down.  She requires a very patient play style, and isn't for captains who are in a hurry to get where they're going.


|Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
==Ship Stats==
* Respectable health pool for a Tier III cruiser; far more health than her tech tree counterpart ''[[Tenryu]]''.
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* Best main battery range of any Tier III cruiser (13.5 km).
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* Guns are highly accurate with {{Aiming Systems Modification 0}} equipped.
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* Can launch torpedoes from both sides with good firing arcs (unique for Japanese cruisers at low tier).
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SURVIVABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* Has access to the {{Catapult Fighter}} consumable, giving her additional protection from low-tier carrier players and additional ability to spot enemy ships.
|-
* Above average anti-aircraft suite for her tier.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit Points || style="color:inherit;" | 22000
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo protection damage reduction (%) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|}
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|Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
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* Painfully slow, even when compared to battleships.  Only the stock configuration ''South Carolina'' is slower.
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* Badly outclassed by two of her most common cruiser opponents: ''[[St. Louis]]'' and ''[[Bogatyr]]''.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ARMOR DETAIL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* Standard Tier III Japanese torpedoes, but only 2 launched per salvo.
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* Weak armor protection.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Belt (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Deck (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Superstructure (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Extremities (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|}
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|Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
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As a Premium ship, ''Katori'' doesn't have any upgrades to research.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MANEUVERABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 18.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Turning circle radius (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 430
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rudder-shift time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 8.5
|}
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|OptimalConfiguration=<!-- write some general text about selection of optimal configuration below (optional)-->
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The following information is provided for players who wish to create a permanent captain for the ship. Those players who are retraining captains or using the ship to gain extra experience for a captain should consult the page relevant to the ship to which the captain will be assigned.
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | CONCEALMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by sea (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.66
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by air (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 6.44
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 4.83
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by depths (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 6.44
|}
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|Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below -->
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The recommended upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' are as follows:
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*'''Slot 1''': {{Aiming Systems Modification 0}} greatly improves the performance of all her aremament, except AA.
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*'''Slot 2''': {{Engine Room Protection}} since her engine is particularly vulnerable to being disabled.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MAIN BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || style="color:inherit;" | 2×2 140mm
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Firing range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 13.49
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 7.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || style="color:inherit;" | 8.6
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 24.0
|}
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|CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below -->
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DISPERSION !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion type || style="color:inherit;" | Standard CA/CL dispersion
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion formula || style="color:inherit;" | Dispersion (m) = 6.9 × range(km) + 33
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Sigma || style="color:inherit;" | 2.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum dispersion (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 126
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 5 km || style="color:inherit;" | 68
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 10 km || style="color:inherit;" | 102
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 13.49 km || style="color:inherit;" | 126
|}
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{{Commander Skills 3 CR
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<!-- Ratings 1,2,3 are legit. Others are ignored.-->  
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
| rating11 = 2 <!-- Grease the Gears/ 24 sec turn -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HE SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating12 = <!-- Swift Fish -->
|-
| rating13 = <!-- Consumables Specialist -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 140 mm HE Type0
| rating14 = <!-- Gun Feeder/ 7 second reload!-->
|-
| rating15 = <!-- Incoming Fire Alert/ what can she do about it? -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 2400
| rating16 = 2 <!-- Last Stand -->
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0%
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 850
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 38
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 23
|}
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| rating21 = 1 <!-- Pyrotechnician -->
| rating22 =  <!-- Fill the Tubes/ 39 sec reload already! -->
| rating23 =  <!-- Consumables Enhancements -->
| rating24 =  <!-- Eye in the Sky -->
| rating25 = 1 <!-- Priority Target/ again, why? what can she do about it? -->
| rating26 = 1 <!-- Expert AA Marksman/ does have LR AA -->


| rating31 = 2 <!-- Heavy HE and SAP Shells -->
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| rating32 = 1 <!-- Enhanced Torpedo Explosive Charge -->
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| rating33 = 3 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AP SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating34 = <!-- Heavy AP Shells/ guns too small -->
|-
| rating35 = <!-- Superintendent/ only 1 extra fighter - it's not worth it -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 140 mm Capped Common Shell
| rating36 = <!-- Survivability Expert/ NO Tier III with a 22K HP already -->
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 2700
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 850
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 38
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fuse time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.025
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Ricochet start (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 45
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Always ricochet (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 60
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Normalisation (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 8.5
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arming threshold (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 23
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | TORPEDO LAUNCHERS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Number of launchers || style="color:inherit;" | 1
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | PJPT008
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 39.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 7.2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Damage || style="color:inherit;" | 24800
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 57
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 1.2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Flooding chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 1.45%
|}
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| rating41 = 2 <!-- Top Grade Gunner -->
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| rating42 = 1 <!-- Outnumbered -->
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| rating43 = 1 <!-- Radio Location -->
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| rating44 = <!-- Inertial Fuse for HE Shells -->
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| rating45 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating46 =  <!-- AA Gunner -->
|-
}}
| style="color:inherit;" | • Secondary battery range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5
|}
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|Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->
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''{{#var:ship_name}}'' equips the following consumables:
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* '''Slot 1:'''  {{Damage Control Party}}
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* '''Slot 2:'''  {{Catapult Fighter}} - 3 charges
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell type || style="color:inherit;" | HE
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 127 mm HE Type0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || style="color:inherit;" | 2x127mm
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || style="color:inherit;" | 12.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 2100
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 725
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 21
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 8.0%
|}
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''Katori'' is the lowest tier ship capable of equipping a {{Catapult Fighter}},


|Camouflage=<!-- write text about useful camouflage below -->
{{Prem Ship Camo Insert|shiptier=3}}


|Signals=<!-- write text about best set of signals below -->
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 127 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 1 × 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 25 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 4 × 2
|}


The following signals are recommended: Sierra Mike ({{Sierra Mike|Size=18px}}) due to ''Katori''’s absurdly slow speed, and Victor Lima ({{Victor Lima|Size=18px}}) to set more fires.
'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | RANGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DPS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Mid-range || style="color:inherit;" | 38.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 85% || style="color:inherit;" | 2.5
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Long-range || style="color:inherit;" | 21 || style="color:inherit;" | 90% || style="color:inherit;" | 5.8
|}


{{Signal Flags
'''Damage by shell explosions'''
| Hotel Yankee =  
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| Juliet Charlie = 1
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | EXPLOSIONS / SALVO !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DAMAGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
| November Foxtrot = 1
|-
| Zulu =  
| style="color:inherit;" | 1 || style="color:inherit;" | 150 || style="color:inherit;" | 90% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5–5.8
| Juliet Yankee Bissotwo =  
|}
| India Delta =
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| India Yankee =
| November Echo Setteseven = 1
| Zulu Hotel = 2
| India Bravo Terrathree =
| Sierra Mike = 2
| Victor Lima = 1


| Mike Yankee Soxisix =
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| Papa Papa =
{{Ship Upgrades Section|code=PJSC503_Katori}}
| India X-Ray = 1
| Equal Speed Charlie London = 2
| Juliet Whiskey Unaone = 1
| Dragon Flag = 2
}}


|Gallery=<!-- write below list of files without tags. description (if necessary) for each should be separated with | --><gallery>
File:PairofKatoris.jpg|A pair of ''Katori'' prepare for battle.
File:KatoriKaiser.jpg|''Katori'' harasses an enemy ''[[Kaiser]]'' class battleship.
File:KatoriIsland.jpg|''Katori'' uses its' high gun arcs to fire over an island and hit an enemy ''[[Langley]]'' class aircraft carrier.
File:KatoriBroadside.jpg|''Katori'' fires a broadside of four 140mm guns.
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|History=<!-- write text below -->
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{{Ship Consumables Section|consumables=
{{AnnoWiki|content=
* '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} (5.0s action, 60.0s cooldown)
<h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', 1940</h2>
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)
===Construction===
}}
:Mitsubishi Shipyard; Yokohama, Japan
:Laid down: 24 August 1938
:Launched: 17 June 1939
:Commissioned: 20 April 1940
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===Specifications===
:5,890 tons displacement, standard
:129.8m length
:16m beam
:5.8m draft
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====Machinery====
:3 boilers, 2 turbines
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====Performance====
:18.0 knots at 8,000 shaft horsepower
:9,000 nm at 10 knots
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====Armament====
=====Main=====
:Four (2x2) 140mm guns
=====Secondary=====
:Two (1x2) 127mm dual purpose guns
=====Anti-aircraft=====
:Four (4x1) 25mm guns
=====Torpedoes=====
:Four (2x2) 533mm torpedo tubes
}}</div>
[[File:Japanese_cruiser_Katori_1940.jpg|none|thumb|x350px|link=|''Katori'' at anchor, circa 1940.]]
===History===
====Design====
Ordered in 1937, the ''Katori''-class cruisers were intended to replace the obsolete armored cruisers used for training purposes. These small vessels were designed to ready new recruits for service in the navy aboard larger warships and as a result, featured radically different specifications compared to the Japanese cruisers in service. Unlike many Japanese warships, ''Katori'' featured a high beam to length ratio, which gave her great stability at sea. Additionally, ''Katori'' and her sister ships were slow for vessels of their size due to the weaker engines fitted on them. These engines were designed for instructional purposes rather than for speed or power.  


Though designed and built as a training cruiser, ''Katori'' would later continue to serve as a flagship for various tasks during World War II. As a result, her anti-aircraft armament greatly increased. By 1944, her original aircraft catapult and torpedo tubes were removed to allow space for additional dual purpose 127mm mounts and numerous 25mm gun mounts. ''Katori'' was also fitted with a large amount of depth charges for anti-submarine duty.


====Service====
==Gallery==
''Katori'' entered service in early 1940. Assigned to special service duties, she was made flagship of the Sixth Fleet — Japan’s submarine service — in November 1941, and arrived at Truk harbor on the 30th of that month. ''Katori'' continued to serve as the flagship and administrative center for the Sixth Fleet from November 1941 to February 1944, and during that time alternated basing between Kwajalein, Truk, and Yokosuka.
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In mid-February 1944, the US Task Force 58 arrived off Truk with the goal of reducing the airfields and attacking shipping to eliminate Truk as a base of operations for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Just about or after sunrise on 18 February, ''Katori'', along with destroyers ''Maikaze'' and ''Nowaki'' as well as minesweeper ''Shonan Maru No. 15'' and armed merchant cruiser ''Akagi Maru'', was attacked by aircraft from TF 58. ''Katori'' was torpedoed and ''Akagi Maru'' sunk. Just after midday, ''Katori'' and her remaining consorts were sighted by Task Group 50.9, comprising battleships ''[[Iowa]]'' and ''New Jersey'',  cruisers ''Minneapolis'' and ''[[New Orleans]]'', as well as destroyers ''Bradford'' and ''Burns''. ''Maikaze'' and ''Shonan Maru'' were quickly sunk, and ''Katori'' was then taken under fire by ''Iowa''. Whether by direct hit or damaging near miss, ''Katori'' began to list and sink at an undetermined time after 1300 on 18 February 1944. Numerous survivors were sighted but none picked up by the ships of TG 50.9, which were attempting to overtake and sink ''Nowaki'', the sole surviving ship of the group which fled Truk with ''Katori''.
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''Katori'' was stricken from the navy list on 31 March 1944.
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===Historical Inaccuracies===
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* ''Katori''’s camouflage is actually the historical camouflage of the seaplane tender ''Akitsushima'' (not in the game). ''Katori''’s overall dark gray paint scheme is missing.
 
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File:Japanese_cruiser_Katori_1940.jpg|''Katori'' in 1940.
File:Katori1941.jpg|''Katori'' at Saiki Bay, Kyushu, 1941.
File:Japanese cruiser burning off Truk 1944.jpeg|Damaged by American carrier aircraft, ''Katori'' burns off of Truk, 18 February 1944.
File:KATORI_CLASS-CL.jpeg|US Office of Naval Intelligence recognition drawing of ''Katori''.
File:IJN_Katori_Cruiser_.jpg|Line drawing of ''Katori''.
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Katori Japanese cruiser ''Katori'' - Wikipedia]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katori-class_cruiser ''Katori''-class cruiser - Wikipedia]
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*Added to the game in Update 0.1.2 (alpha) as a Japanese Tier I tech tree ship.
*Update 0.2.1.1:
**Profitability was significantly reduced and experience earnings were reduced by -20%.
*Update 0.2.2:
**Damage Control Party consumable cooldown time decreased. 
*Update 0.2.2.5:
**Damage Control Party consumable cooldown time increased to 60 s.
*Update 0.4.0:
**Katori was removed from the game (replaced by Hashidate).
*Update 0.5.3.2:
**The Type 5 camouflage was renamed Type 9.
*Katori was available in the 2016 Black Friday Armada Bundle. 
*Update 0.6.2:
**The national flag was moved from the stern to the mast.
*Update 0.6.3:
**Improved appearance with the use of a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements (rigging, etc.).
*Update 0.6.7:
**Available for purchase (now as a Tier 3 premium) for doubloons in the game client.
*Update 0.6.12 :
**Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 4.83 km.
*Update 0.6.13:
**Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
*Update 0.6.15:
**A bonus was added to the "Type 9" permanent camouflage: a -10% discount to the cost of post-battle maintenance.
*Update 0.7.2:
**Players who have collected the "Rewards" sub-collection of the "Yamomoto Isoroku" collection can use an alternate permanent camouflage color.
*Update 0.7.6:
**Improved display of thin elements on the hull.
*Update 0.7.9:
**Became available in the game client for purchase for doubloons.
*Update 0.7.11:
**Became unavailable in the game client for purchase with doubloons.
*Update 0.8.2:
**Available for purchase in the Armory for 2,650 doubloons. 
*Update 0.10.6:
**Available in the Armory for 5000 Community Tokens.
*Update 0.10.8:
**No longer available in the Armory for Community Tokens.
*Update 0.11.11:
**Minor updates to geometry and textures.
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Revision as of 04:06, 30 June 2026


III
2,000 doubloons

Katori — Japan Premium Tier III Cruiser.

A training cruiser with a hybrid propulsion system and wide-ranging armament: 140 mm main battery guns, dual-purpose 127 mm guns, 25 mm automatic AA guns, 533 mm torpedoes, and a catapult with a seaplane. Such variety was necessary for cadet training. During World War II, Katori was used primarily as a command ship for the 6th Fleet. On February 18, 1944, Katori was sunk by artillery fire from battleship Iowa during the evacuation of the Japanese from the Truk Atoll.

Pros

  • Pro 1
  • Pro 2

Cons

  • Con 1
  • Con 2


Ship Stats

Hull Information

Main Battery

Torpedoes

Secondary Battery

AA Defense


Compatible Upgrades

 Slot 1 
 Main Armaments Modification 1
 Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
 Aiming Systems Modification 0
 Damage Control Party Modification 1
 Slot 2 
 Damage Control System Modification 1
 Engine Room Protection


Consumables


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