Japanese cruiser Tatsuta (1918)

Tatsuta was a Tenryū-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1918. The ship was named after Tatsuta River. Her keel was laid at Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 24 July 1917. Launched on 29 May 1918, she entered service on 31 May 1919.

She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the Chikuma-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Kuma-class cruiser.

She displaced 3,948 long tons standard and 4,350 long tons at full load. She measured 142.9 m (469 ft) long with a beam of 12.3 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 327.

Her main battery was four 140 mm (5.5 in) guns. Her belt armour was 63 mm (2.5 in) and her deck 25 mm.

She was in commission for 1,713 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 May 1944.

She was sunk, at 32°52′N 139°12′E. The wreck survives.

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