Лёгкие крейсеры типа «Сэндай»

Основная информация

Класс:

Крейсер

Операторы:

Императорский флот Японии

Страна постройки:

Японская империя

Изготовитель:

Yokohama Dock Company

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation

Планировалось:

Отменено:

Построено:

Потеряно:

На службе:

1924 – 1944 (20 лет)

Главные размерения

Водоизмещение:

5 685 т

Длина:

162.15 м

Ширина:

14.17 м

Машина

Силовая установка:

4 * geared steam turbines (Brown-Curtiss in Jintsū, Parsons in Sendai and Naka)
12 * Kampon boilers (8 x oil-fed and 4 x coal-fed) (initial powerplant)
10 * Kampon oil-fed boilers (after 1934)
4 * shafts

Скорость:

35.25 уз

Дальность плавания:

9,300 km at 14 kn

Персонал

Экипаж:

440

Боевые силы и средства

Броня:

Deck: 2.9 cm (1.1 in)
Belt: 6.4 cm (2.5 in)

Вооружение:

Sendai, 1924

7 * 140 mm (5.5 in)/50 guns
2 * 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun (anti-aircraft guns)
8 * 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (4x2)
16 * 610 mm (24 in) torpedoes
56 * naval mines

Naka, Spring 1941

7 * 140 mm (5.5 in) guns
4 * Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) anti-aircraft autocannons (2x2)
2 * 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns (2x1)
8 * 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (2x4)
16 * 610 mm (24 in) torpedoessome depth charges

Naka, March 1943

6 * 140 mm (5.5 in) guns
2 * 127 mm (5 in)/40 dual purpose guns (1x2)
10 * 25 mm (0.98 in) AAGs (2x3, 2x2)
2 * 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns (1x2)
8 * 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (2x4)
16 * 610 mm (24 in) Type 93 torpedoessome depth charges

Авиация:

1 * wheeled fighter
1 * floatplane (1933)

The Sendai-class cruisers were a group of warships operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessels in the class were named after rivers according to the navy's light cruiser naming rule. They participated in numerous actions during the Pacific War and were mainly used as destroyer flotilla leaders.