Tenryu class cruiser

[Robert9670]

The Tenryu class was a class of light cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II.  2 ships made up the class, Tenryu and Tatsuta.  This class was also the first class of light cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy.  Tenryu was sunk on December 19, 1942 by the submarine USS Albacore (SS-218), while Tatsuta was sunk on March 13, 1944 by the submarine USS Sand Lance (SS-381)

 

Tenryu

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General characteristics

 

Type:  Light Cruiser

 

Displacement:  3,948 long tons (4,011 t) standard

4,350 long tons (4,420 t) full

 

Length:  142.9 m (468 ft. 10 in.) o/a

 

Beam:  12.3 m (40 ft. 4 in.)

 

Draught:  4 m (13 ft. 1 in.)

 

Propulsion:  3 shaft Brown Curtis geared turbine engines

10 Kampon boilers

51,000 shp (38,000 kW)

920 tons oil, 150 tons coal

 

Speed:  33 knots (38 mph, 61 km/h)

 

Range:  5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (16 mph, 26 km/h)

 

Complement:  327

 

Armament:  4 x 14cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns

   1 x 8cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun

   2 x Type 93 13mm AA machine guns

   6 x 533mm (21.0 in.) torpedo tubes

 

Armor:  Belt: 63mm (2 in.)

Deck: 25mm (1 in.)

Conning tower: 51mm (2 in.)

 

Ships in class:  Tenryu, Tatsuta

[Robert9670]

[Robert9670]

Tenryu in Yokosuka, 1925

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Tenryu under construction in 1919

 

Tenryu under trials in 1919

[Robert9670]

Tenryu in a 1926 postcard

[Robert9670]

Tenryu in Yokosuka, 1919

 

Tenryu in 1921

[Robert9670]

Tatsuta in 1919

 

Tatsuta in May 1932

[Tanz]

Totally enjoy all the pic u put in your threads  :Smile_great:

[Robert9670]

Tatsuta in the Inland Sea with destroyer flotilla during the 1920s

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Tatsuta at Kure, 1928

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Tatsuta with the battleships Nagato and Mutsu in 1927

 

Tatsuta in 1927 with weather balloon

[Haguro]

(+1) Robert.

 

The IJN considered turning the Tenryu class into AA cruisers much like the RN "C" class modifications.  They would have been armed with 4 x 12.7 cm HA gun mounts and two type 94 HA fire control directors would have been installed.  These would have all been on the centerline in about the same positions as the former 14 cm mounts.  Also included was provisions for 4 x triple 25 mm mounts.  This would have also trunked the three funnels into one.  While the funds were made available in one of the 1937 programs, heavy burden in the shipyards did not allow time for the conversion.  In 1938-9 another conversion was planned but with twin mounts of the 8cm/60 cal. HA guns that eventually ended up on the Akizuki-class AA destroyers.  The conversions might have made the cruisers more valuable to the IJN due to the increased effectiveness of aircraft in the war.

[madmanthan21]

+1 both of you

[Robert9670]

Tenryu in the 1920s

 

Tenryu in 1930

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Tenryu in the Inland Sea, 1930-32

 

Tenryu in 1930-31