Japanese cruiser Tatsuta (1918)

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese cruiser Tatsuta.

Tatsuta in August 1919
History
Empire of Japan
NameTatsuta
NamesakeTatsuta River
Ordered1915 Fiscal Year
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down24 July 1917
Launched29 May 1918
Commissioned31 May 1919
Out of service13 March 1944
Stricken10 May 1944
FateSunk by USS Sand Lance NNE of Hachijōjima
General characteristics
Class and typeTenryū-class cruiser
Displacement
  • 3,948 long tons (4,011 t) standard
  • 4,350 long tons (4,420 t) full load
Length142.9 m (468 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Draught4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • 3 shaft Brown Curtiss geared turbine engines
  • 10 Kampon boilers
  • 51,000 shp (38,000 kW)
  • 920 tons oil, 150 tons coal
Speed33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement327
Armament
Armour

Tatsuta (龍田) was the second ship in the two ship Tenryū class of light cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). She was named after the Tatsuta River in Nara Prefecture, Japan.