Sendai class light cruisers




Displacement5195t standard, 5595t normal, 7100t full load
Length152.40m pp, 158.53m wl, 163.03m oa
Width14.17m
Draught4.91m
Machinery4-shaft geared turbine, 12 boilers, 90,000shp
Fueloil 1010t, coal 570t
Speed35.2kt
Armourbelt 7.6cm, deck 2.8cm
Armament7-14cm/50cal gun (1x7), 2-8cm/40cal AA gun (1x2), 2 MGs, 8-61cm TT (2x4), 80 mines
Complement450



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
NakaFY1920Mitsubishi, Yokohama1922. 6.101925. 3.241925.11.30C21944. 2.17 sunk
(air attack, off Truk)
[07.15N, 151.15E]
1944. 3.31 disc
SendaiFY1920Mitsubishi, Nagasaki1922. 2.161923.10.301924. 4.29C21943.11. 2 sunk
(action, Central Solomons)
[06.10S, 154.19E]
1944. 1. 5 disc
JintsuFY1920Kawasaki, Kobe1922. 8. 41923.12. 81925. 7.31C21943. 7.13 sunk
(action, Central Solomons)
[07.41S, 157.15E]
1943. 9.10 disc
KakoFY1920Sasebo NYd1922. 2.15--1922.3.17 cancelled




Jintsu (1942) - model produced by: Aoshima Bunka Kyozai Co., assembled and painted by: Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito)



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