Japanese cruiser Tama

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Tama in the Aleutians Campaign, 1942.
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Tama
Namesake	Tama River
Ordered	1917 Fiscal Year
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Cost	6,915,078 JPY
Laid down	10 August 1918
Launched	10 February 1920
Commissioned	29 January 1921 [1]
Stricken	20 December 1944
Fate	Sunk by USS Jallao northeast of Luzon at 21°23′N 127°19′E / 21.383°N 127.317°E / 21.383; 127.317, 25 October 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Kuma-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,100 long tons (5,182 t) (standard)
Length	152.4 m (500 ft)
Beam	14.2 m (47 ft)
Draft	4.8 m (16 ft)
Installed power	90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Gihon geared steam turbines 12 × Kampon boilers 4 × shafts
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 48 × naval mines
Armor	Belt: 64 mm (3 in) Deck: 29 mm (1 in)
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult

Tama (多摩) was the second of the five Kuma-class light cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy, which played an active role in World War II. Tama was named after the Tama River in Kantō region of Japan.