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|Ship image= Japanese cruiser Kasagi at Kobe 1899.jpg
|Ship caption=''Kasagi'' at Kobe, 1898
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Kasagi'' class
|Builders=*[[William Cramp & Sons]], [[Philadelphia]] (''Kasagi'')
*[[Union Iron Works]], [[San Francisco]] (''Chitose'')
|Operators={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
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|In service range=
|In commission range=1897&ndash;1927
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=2
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships lost=1
|Total ships retired=1
|Total ships preserved=
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|Ship type= [[Protected cruiser]]
|Ship displacement={{convert|4979|LT|t|abbr=on}}
|Ship length={{convert|114.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[Length at the waterline|w/l]]
|Ship beam={{convert|14.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|5.41|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2 × [[Triple expansion steam engine|VTE]]
*12 × boilers
*2 × shafts
|Ship power={{convert|11600|kW|hp|lk=on|abbr=on}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
|Ship speed={{convert|22.5|kn|km/h mph|lk=in|abbr=on}}
|Ship range={{convert|4000|nmi|km mi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=405
|Ship armament=*2 × [[20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval gun]]s
*10 ×  [[QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV]] guns
*12 × [[QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun]]s
*6 × [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss]] guns
*5 × {{convert|356|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s
|Ship armor=*[[Deck (ship)|Deck]]: {{convert|112|mm|in|abbr=on}} (slope), {{convert|62|mm|in|abbr=on}} (flat)
*[[Gun shield]]: {{convert|203|mm|in|abbr=on}} (front), {{convert|62|mm|in|abbr=on}} (sides)
*[[Conning tower]]: {{convert|115|mm|in|abbr=on}}
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The {{nihongo|'''''Kasagi''-class cruiser'''|笠置型巡洋艦|Kasagi-gata jun'yōkan}} was a [[Ship class|class]] of two [[protected cruiser]]s of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] built in the [[United States]] at the end of the 19th century.

==Background==
The ''Kasagi''-class cruisers were ordered under the 1896 Emergency Fleet Replenishment Budget, funded by the [[War reparations|war indemnity]] received from the [[Qing dynasty|Empire of China]] as part of the settlement of the [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]] ending the [[First Sino-Japanese War]]. Unlike previous vessels, which had been acquired from European shipyards, the Japanese government turned this time to the United States.

==Design==
The ''Kasagi''-class cruisers were externally based on the design of the British built cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takasago||2}} – a typical Elswick cruiser design, with a steel hull, divided into waterproof compartments, a low [[forecastle]], two smokestacks, and two masts, but with slightly larger displacement and overall dimensions. However, internally the arrangement of the structure was quite different.
The [[prow]] was reinforced for [[Naval ram|ramming]]. The power plant was a triple expansion reciprocating [[steam engine]] with four cylindrical boilers, driving two screws.<ref name=Conway>Chesneau, '' Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905'', page 230.</ref>
Armament consisted of two [[20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval gun]]s in the [[main battery]] and ten [[QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV|QF 4.7-inch]] guns and twelve [[QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun]]s mounted on the sides. In addition, each ship was equipped with six [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss]] guns and four {{convert|356|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s.

==Ships in class==

==={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kasagi||2}}===

''Kasagi'' was built by [[William Cramp & Sons]] at [[Philadelphia]]. She was laid down on 13 February 1897 and launched on 20 January 1898. She served in the [[Boxer Rebellion]] and the [[Russo-Japanese War]] and took part in the [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]] and again at the [[Battle of Tsushima]]. She ran aground in heavy weather in the [[Tsugaru Strait]] between [[Honshū]] and [[Hokkaidō]] en route to [[Akita, Akita|Akita]] on 20 July 1916, suffering a major hull breach and sank on 10 August of the same year.

==={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chitose||2}}===
''Chitose'' was built by the [[Union Iron Works]] in [[San Francisco]]. She laid down on 16 May 1897 and was launched on 23 January 1898.  She served in the Russo-Japanese War and in World War I. Downgraded to a 2nd Class [[Coastal defence ship|Coastal Defense Vessel]] on 1 September 1921, and partially disarmed she was removed from the [[navy list]] on 1 April 1928 and sunk as a target on 19 July 1931.

==Notes==
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== References ==
* {{cite book|last= Chesneau |first= Roger|title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. |publisher= Naval Institute Press |year=1985|isbn=0-87021-907-3 }}
* {{cite book|last1=Evans|first1=David C.|author-link2=Mark Peattie|last2=Peattie |first2=Mark R.|title=Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1997|isbn=0-87021-192-7|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 978-0-87021-893-4|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book |last1=Milanovich|first1=Kathrin|title=Warship 2023 |date=2023 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Oxford |pages=65–80 |isbn=978-1-4728-5713-2 |chapter=''Takasago'', ''Kasagi'' and ''Chitose'': The IJN's First 8in-Gun Protected Cruisers|editor-first=John|editor-last=Jordan|name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book|last= Roberts |first= John (ed). |title='Warships of the world from 1860 to 1905 - Volume 2: United States, Japan and Russia  |publisher= Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz |year=1983|isbn=3-7637-5403-2}}
* {{cite book|last=Schencking|first=J. Charles|title=Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, And The Emergence Of The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=2005|isbn=0-8047-4977-9}}

==External links==
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