IJN · CL
Tatsuta
Photos and infoTenryu-class light cruiser. With Tenryu in Cruiser Division 18 at Wake. On 11 December 1941 a Wildcat of VMF-211 raked her radio shack. She was not sunk. She came back for the landing on 23 December. USS Sand Lance sank her off Hachijo-jima on 13 March 1944.
| Class | Tenryu class |
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| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Fate | Sunk. At Wake on 11 December 1941 a Wildcat raked her radio shack. Not sunk there. USS Sand Lance torpedoed her on 13 March 1944, about 40 miles west-southwest of Hachijo-jima. She sank that afternoon. Twenty-six men were killed. |
| Armament (class) | Small old light cruiser. Three funnels. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Tatsuta in August 1919. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of Wake Island
1941-12-11 · radio shack strafed; not sunk
