kæsˈɑːɡi ɹˈæn ɐɡɹˈaʊnd ɪn hˈɛvi wˈɛðɚɹ ɪnðə tsˈuːɡɑːɹɹˌuː stɹˈeɪt bᵻtwˌiːn hˈɑːnʃuː ænd həkˈeɪdoʊ ɑːn ɹˈuːt tʊ ɐkˈiːɾə ˌɔn twˈɛnti dʒuːlˈaɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪkstiːn, sˈʌfɚɹɪŋ ɐ mˈeɪdʒɚ hˈʌl bɹˈiːtʃ ɪnðə vɪsˈɪnᵻɾi ʌv hɜː sˈɛkənd smˈoʊk stˈæk.
Kasagi ran aground in heavy weather in the Tsugaru Strait between Honshū and Hokkaidō en route to Akita on 20 July 1916, suffering a major hull breach in the vicinity of her second smoke stack.