Japanese cruiser Kitakami

Kitakami in 1935
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kitakami
Namesake	Kitakami River
Ordered	1917 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan
Laid down	1 September 1919
Launched	3 July 1920
Commissioned	15 April 1921
Stricken	30 November 1945
Fate	Scrapped, August 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Kuma-class cruiser
Displacement	5,100 long tons (5,182 t) standard
Length	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines 12 Kampon boilers 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	450
Armament	(initial) 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4x2) (as torpedo cruiser) 4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 6 × Type 96 25-mm AA guns (2 triple) 40 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (10x4) (final) 2 × Type 89 127-mm AA guns 67 × Type 96 25-mm AA guns (12 triple mounts + 31 single)
Armor	Belt: 64 mm (3 in) Deck: 29 mm (1 in)
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult

Kitakami (北上) was a Kuma-class cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after the Kitakami River in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.