Japanese cruiser Tenryū
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Tenryū (天龍, Heavenly Dragon) was the lead ship in the two-ship Tenryū class of light cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Tenryū was named after the Tenryū River in Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures.
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Tenryū in Yokosuka, 1925 | |
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Name | Tenryū "Heavenly Dragon" |
Namesake | Tenryū River |
Ordered | 1915 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 7 May 1917 |
Launched | 11 March 1918 |
Commissioned | 20 November 1919 |
Stricken | 20 January 1943 |
Fate | Sunk 19 December 1942 by USS Albacore off Madang, New Guinea |
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Class and type | Tenryū-class cruiser |
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Length | 142.9 m (468 ft 10 in) o/a |
Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Installed power | 51,000 shp (38,000 kW) |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 327 |
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