Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 15 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier III
Cruiser
Premium
Japan
Katori
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,...
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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.
- Doubloons
- 2,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 22,000
- Maximum speed
- 18.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 10.7 km
- Main battery range
- 13.5 km
- Main battery reload
- 7.0 s
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 18.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 430 m
- Rudder shift time
- 6.5 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 10.7 km
- Air detection
- 6.4 km
- Submarine detection
- 6.4 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 22,000
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 0 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–51 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 13.5 km
- Reload time
- 7.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 8.6 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 24.0 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 126 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
140 mm HE Type0
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,400
- Fire chance
- 10.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 850 m/s
- Shell mass
- 38 kg
140 mm Capped Common Shell
AP- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,700
- Muzzle velocity
- 850 m/s
- Shell mass
- 38 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 140 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a twin mount
- Mounts
- 2
- Barrels each
- 2
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 3.5 km
- Mount
- 127 mm HE Type0
- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,100
- Fire chance
- 8.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 12.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 725 m/s
Underwater armament
Torpedoes
533 mm Type44 mod. 2
- Maximum range
- 7.0 km
- Maximum damage per hit
- 9,066
- Reload time
- 39 s
- Speed
- 57 knots
- Detectability
- 1.2 km
- 180° turn time
- 7.2 s
Torpedo-tube layout
- Mount
- 533 mm Twin
- Mounts
- 2
- Tubes each
- 2
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a twin mount
- Calibre
- 25 mm
- Mounts
- 4
- Aura
- 127 mm/40 Type 89 on a Model A1 mount
- Calibre
- 127 mm
- Mounts
- 1
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 22,000
- Main-battery barrels
- 2
- Secondary barrels
- 1
- Torpedo tubes
- 2
- AA mounts
- 5
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 18.0 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Type44 mod. 2
Default- Type
- Torpedoes
140 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a twin mount
Default- Type
- Artillery
Propulsion: 7,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
Katori
Default- Type
- Hull
Type3 mod. 1
Default- Type
- Suo
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Aiming Systems Modification 0
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 4
- Upgrade slots
- 2
- Published battle levels
- 3–4
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