Japanese cruiser Tenryu

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Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship
light cruiser
warship
alliance Axis powers
surface form: Axis Powers (through Empire of Japan)
armamentAA 3 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type AA guns (varied over time)
armamentMain 4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns
armamentTorpedo 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
beam 12.34 m
builder Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
commissioned 1919-11-20
conflict Pacific War
World War II
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement approximately 330
decommissioned 1942-12-19
designRole destroyer squadron flagship
flotilla leader
displacementFullLoad 4350 tons
displacementStandard 3230 tons
draft 4.34 m
fate sunk in combat
homePort various Japanese naval bases in prewar and wartime service
hullNumber not formally numbered (pre-war IJN practice)
laidDown 1917-05-26
launchDate 1918-03-11
leadShipOfClass Tenryu-class cruiser
lengthOverall 142.65 m
namedAfter Tenryu River
navalFleet Imperial Japanese Navy
notableFeature early Japanese light cruiser with heavy torpedo armament
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Battle of Savo Island
Solomon Islands campaign
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign

New Guinea campaign
invasion of Kavieng
invasion of Rabaul
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
range 6000 nautical miles at 14 knots
serviceEntryEra interwar period
shaftCount 2
shipClass Tenryu-class cruiser
sinkingDate 1942-12-19
sinkingLocation off Madang, New Guinea
sunkBy USS Albacore
topSpeed 33 knots

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Battle of Savo Island notableShip Japanese cruiser Tenryu
Japanese 8th Fleet notableShip Japanese cruiser Tenryu
this entity surface form: light cruiser Tenryu
Tenryu-class cruiser hasPart Japanese cruiser Tenryu
Tenryu-class cruiser hasPart Japanese cruiser Tenryu
this entity surface form: Japanese cruiser Tatsuta