Japanese cruiser Jintsū

Japanese light cruiser Jintsū, circa 1924-25
History
Empire of Japan
Name:	Jintsū
Namesake:	Jinzū River
Ordered:	1920 Fiscal Year
Builder:	Kawasaki Shipyards, Kobe, Japan
Laid down:	4 August 1922
Launched:	8 December 1923
Commissioned:	31 July 1925
Struck:	10 September 1943
Fate:	sunk 13 July 1943 by Allied cruiser at the Battle of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands 07°38′S 157°06′E / 7.633°S 157.100°E / -7.633; 157.100.
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sendai-class cruiser
Displacement:	5195 tons (standard)
Length:	152.4 m (500 ft)
Beam:	14.2 m (47 ft)
Draught:	3.9 m (13 ft)
Propulsion:	4 shaft Parsons geared turbines 10 Kampon boilers 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Speed:	35.3 knots (65.4 km/h)
Range:	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement:	452
Armament:	(Initial) 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun s 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (4x2) 48 naval mines (Final)7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 × triple, 2x twin Type 96 25 mm AA guns 2 × Type 93 13.2 mm machine guns 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (4x2)
Armor:	Belt: 64 mm (2.5 in) Deck: 20 mm (0.79 in)
Aircraft carried:	1 x floatplane
Aviation facilities:	1x aircraft catapult

Jintsū (神通^?) was the second vessel completed in the three-ship Sendai-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), named after the Jinzū River in the Gifu and Toyama prefectures of central Japan. She was active in World War II in various campaigns including the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, the Battle of the Java Sea, and Battle of Midway. On 13 July 1943 in the Battle of Kolombangara, she was discovered during a night attack American ships and sunk in combat.

The Sendai-class vessels were part of the Eight-eight fleet program, with the first four of eight planned vessels authorized in 1921. However, due to the Washington Naval Treaty, the final four vessels were never authorized, and the fourth vessel was cancelled during construction, as the Japanese Navy decided to concentrate on heavy cruiser procurement instead.Jintsū, as with other vessels of her class, was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla.

The Sendai-class vessels were a development of the preceding 5500 ton Nagara-class cruiser, retaining basically the same hull design, engines and main weaponry. However, their boilers were better located, and they had four funnels instead of three, and could attain 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). Sendai and Jintsū could be identified by their raked bow; Naka was completed later, and had a flared bow similar to heavy cruiser designs then under construction.