| Sendai-class cruiser | |
|---|---|
 The Sendai, note the wider third funnel | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Sendai |
| Builders: |
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard Kōbe-Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard Yokohama Dock Company Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Operators: |
 Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by: | Nagara-class cruiser |
| Succeeded by: | Agano-class cruiser |
| Built: | 1922-1925 |
| In commission: | 1924-1944 |
| Planned: | eight |
| Completed: | three |
| Cancelled: | five |
| Lost: | three |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Light cruiser |
| Displacement: |
5,195 long tons (5,278 t) (standard) 5,595 long tons (5,685 t) (full load) |
| Length: |
158.53 m (520 ft 1 in) (waterline) 162.15 m (532 ft 0 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 14.17 m (46 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Depth: | 8.85 m (29 ft 0 in) |
| Installed power: | 90,000 shp (67,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
4 × geared steam turbines (Brown-Curtiss in Jintsu, Parsons in Sendai and Naka) 12 × Kampon boilers (8 x oil-fed and 4 x coal-fed) (initial powerplant); 10 × Kampon oil-fed boilers (after 1934) 4 × shafts |
| Speed: | 35.25 kn (65.28 km/h; 40.56 mph) |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 440 |
| Armament: |
Sendai, 1924: 7 × 140 mm (5.5 in) guns 2 × 127 mm (5.0 in) dual purpose guns (1x2) 10 × 25 mm (0.98 in) AAGs (2x3, 2x2) 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns (1x2) 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (2x4) 16 × 610 mm (24 in) Type 93 torpedoes some depth charges |
| Armor: |
Deck: 2.9 cm (1.1 in) Belt: 6.4 cm (2.5 in) |
| Aircraft carried: |
1 × wheeled fighter 1 × floatplane (1933) |
| Aviation facilities: |
1 × flying-off platform 1 × catapult (1933) |
The Sendai-class cruisers (川内型軽巡洋艦 Sendai-gata keijun'yōkan) were a group of warships operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Named after rivers, they participated in numerous actions during the Pacific War and were mainly used as destroyer flotilla leaders.
Design[]
The Sendai-class light cruisers were a development of the preceding Nagara class. Their boilers were better located, and they had four funnels instead of three. Each ship was designed with a flying-off platform and hangar, but did not actually carry aircraft until a catapult system was installed in 1929.
The layout of the Sendai class cruiser
Ships in class[]
Three Sendai-class light cruisers were constructed in Japan during the 1920s; four were laid down, but the last — Kako — was scrapped on the slipway in accordance with the regulations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. The other three were sunk during World War II.
| Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Sendai (川内) | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard | 16-02-1922 | 30-10-1923 | 29-04-1924 | Sunk during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay on 02-11-1943 |
| Jintsu神通 | Kōbe-Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard | 04-08-1922 | 08-12-1923 | 31-07-1925 | Sunk during the Battle of Kolombangara on 13-07-1943 |
| Naka (那珂) | Yokohama Dock Company | 10-06-1922 | 24-03-1925 | 30-11-1925 | Hull was burned by earthquake, later scrapped. Laid down once again on 24-05-1924. Sunk during Operation Hailstone on 17-02-1944 |
| Kako (加古) | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | 15-02-1922 | Discontinued by Washington Naval Treaty on 17-03-1922 and scrapped. Naval budget was used for the Furutaka class cruiser | ||
| Ayase (綾瀬) | Cancelled and re-planned as Furutaka-class cruiser in March 1922 | ||||
| Minase (水無瀬) Otonase (音無瀬) and one cruiser |
Cancelled following the Washington Naval Treaty. |
See also[]
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Books[]
- Model Art Ship Modelling Special No.29, 5,500 tons class cruisers, Model Art Co. Ltd. (Japan), September 2008, Book code 12319-09
- "Rekishi Gunzō". http://rekigun.net/., History of Pacific War Vol.32 Light cruiser Kuma/Nagara/Sendai classes, Gakken (Japan), August 2001, ISBN 4-05-602582-7
- Daiji Katagiri, Ship Name Chronicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Kōjinsha (Japan), June 1988, ISBN 4-7698-0386-9
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.27 Sendai class cruisers, Ushio Shobō (Japan), May 1979, Book code 68343-27
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