Sendai-class cruiser
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= File:Sendai-1.jpg |Ship caption=Sendai, note the wider third funnel }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Sendai class |Builders=*Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki |Operators={{navy|Empire of Japan}} |Class before={{sclass|Nagara|cruiser|4}} |Class after={{sclass|Agano|cruiser|4}} |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range=1922-1925 |In service range= |In commission range=1924-1944 |Total ships planned=8 |Total ships completed=3 |Total ships cancelled=5 |Total ships lost=3 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Light cruiser |Ship displacement=*{{convert|5195|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (standard)
|Ship length=*{{convert|158.53|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (waterline)
|Ship beam={{convert|14.17|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|4.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{convert|8.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship power=*{{convert|90000|shp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*4 × geared steam turbines (Brown-Curtiss in Jintsū, Parsons in Sendai and Naka)
|Ship speed={{convert|35.25|kn|km/h mph|lk=in|abbr=on}} |Ship range={{convert|5000|nmi|km mi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h mph|abbr=on}} |Ship complement=440 |Ship sensors= |Ship armament=*Sendai, 1924: 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun guns
|Ship armor=*Deck: {{convert|2.9|cm|in|abbr=on}}
|Ship aircraft=*1 × wheeled fighter
|Ship aircraft facilities=*1 × flying-off platform
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The {{Nihongo|Sendai-class light cruisers|川内型軽巡洋艦|Sendai-gata keijun'yōkan}} were a class of three warships operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessels in the class were named after rivers according to the navy's light cruiser naming rule. 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 {{sclass|Nagara|cruiser|4}}. 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.
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Ships in class
Eight additional 5,500-ton cruisers were planned to be built under the Eight-eight fleet Program. Four Sendai-class light cruisers were authorised to be constructed in Japan in 1921 and 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. Another four units were authorised to be built to the same design in 1922, but were cancelled following the signing of the Treaty after Japan decided that future cruiser construction would focus on heavy cruisers (the heavy cruisers Furutaka and Kako were built in place of two of the five cancelled Sendai Class cruisers).
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| {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Sendai | 2}}
| {{lang|ja|川内}} | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Nagasaki Yard | 16 February 1922 | 30 October 1923 | 29 April 1924 | Sunk during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, 2 November 1943 |
| {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Jintsū | 2}}
| {{lang|ja|神通}} | Kawasaki Dockyard Company, Kobe Yard | 4 August 1922 | 8 December 1923 | 31 July 1925 | Sunk during the Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943 |
| {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Naka | 2}}
| {{lang|ja|那珂}} | 10 June 1922 | 24 March 1925 | 30 November 1925 | Hull was burned by earthquake, later scrapped; Laid down once again, 24 May 1924; Sunk during Operation Hailstone, 17 February 1944 |
| Kako
| {{lang|ja|加古}} | 15 February 1922 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | Discontinued by Washington Naval Treaty on 17 March 1922 and scrapped; naval budget was used for the {{sclass|Furutaka|cruiser}} of the same name | |
| Ayase
| {{lang|ja|綾瀬}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | Cancelled and re-planned as Furutaka in March 1922 | |
| Minase
| {{lang|ja|水無瀬}} | rowspan=3 {{n/a}} | rowspan=3 {{n/a}} | rowspan=3 {{n/a}} | rowspan=3 {{n/a}} | rowspan=3 | Cancelled following the Washington Naval Treaty | |
| Otonase
| {{lang|ja|音無瀬}} | |
| (unnamed cruiser)
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References
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Books
- {{cite book|last1=Lacroix|first1=Eric|last2=Wells II|first2=Linton |title=Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|date=1997|isbn=0-87021-311-3 |name-list-style=amp |authorlink2=Linton Wells II}}
- Model Art Ship Modelling Special No.29, 5,500 tons class cruisers, Model Art Co. Ltd. (Japan), September 2008, Book code 12319-09
- {{cite web |url=http://rekigun.net/ |title=Rekishi Gunzō}}, 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
External links
{{Commons category|Sendai class cruiser}}
- [http://www.combinedfleet.com/ships/sendai CombinedFleet.com: Sendai class]
- [http://www.combinedfleet.com/sendai_t.htm CombinedFleet.com: Sendai history]
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