Japanese pocket battleship Kasino mentioned in 1941

Japanese imaginary pocket battleship Kadekuru or Kazekuru. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that 4 armoured ships with a displacement varying between 12,000-14,000 tons seemed to be nearing completition if one not already delivered. With the German pocket battleship look alike design but faster, slightly better armour and heavier armed with 6-12” and 12-5” guns. One was the Kasino launched at the Mitsubishi Company yard at Nagasaki on 26 January 1940.(1)

Note

1. Not existing. Possible misunderstanding for the Japanese ammunition ship IJN Kashino laid down by Mitusbishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan on 1 July 1939, launched on 26 January 1940, commissioned on 10 July 1940 and sunk by the American submarine USS Growler north east of Taiwan on 4 September 1942. The German panzerschiffe were reclassified as heavy cruisers in February 1940, they were called abroad pocket battleships. Deutschland-class built between 1929-1936 succeeded by Admiral Hipper-class and planned D-class cruisers,consisting of the Deutschland (renamed Lützow in 1940, Admiral Graf Spee and Admiral Scheer. Displacement of the Admiral Graf Spee 12,540 (standard)-16,280 (full load) tons and 2x3-28cm/11” guns.

Source

Brassey’s Naval Annual 1941