Japanese cruiser Sendai
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Japanese cruiser Sendai was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that served as the lead ship of her class and participated in several major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japanese cruiser Sendai canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light cruiser
ⓘ
warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | floatplanes ⓘ |
| armamentAA | Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedoes | 4 × twin 61 cm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | about 14.2 m ⓘ |
| belligerent | Axis Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Nagasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | sunk by United States Navy gunfire and torpedoes ⓘ |
| class | Sendai-class cruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1924-04-29 ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | about 450 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1943-11-02 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 7100 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 5200 tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 4.8 m ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in action ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1918-12-16 ⓘ |
| launched | 1923-04-30 ⓘ |
| length | about 152.4 m ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking | off Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 35 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sendai River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| opposedBy | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Kolombangara NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Eastern Solomons NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean raids (1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion of the Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion of the Philippines (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInClass | lead ship ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 90000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | about 9000 nmi at 14 knots ⓘ |
| role | destroyer squadron flagship ⓘ |
| serviceEntryConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkInBattle | Battle of Empress Augusta Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
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