title: Japanese ship Katori
text: # Japanese ship Katori
  
  At least three warships of Japan have borne the name Katori:
  
  * Japanese battleship Katori,was a Katori-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched in 1905 and decommissioned in 1923
  * Japanese cruiser Katori, is a Katori-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched in 1939 and sunk in 1944
  * JDS Katori (TV-3501), a training vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force launched in 1968 and decommissioned in 1998
  