Japanese cruiser Tenryū

History
Tenryū in Yokosuka, 1925
Empire of Japan
Name	Tenryū "Heavenly Dragon"
Namesake	Tenryū River
Ordered	1915 Fiscal Year
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	7 May 1917
Launched	11 March 1918
Commissioned	20 November 1919
Stricken	20 January 1943
Fate	Sunk 19 December 1942 by USS Albacore off Madang, New Guinea
General characteristics
Class & type	Tenryū-class cruiser
Displacement	3,948 long tons (4,011 t) (standard) 4,350 long tons (4,420 t) (full load)
Length	142.9 m (468 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Draft	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Installed power	51,000 shp (38,000 kW)
Propulsion	3 × Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines 10 × Kampon boilers 3 × shafts 920 tons oil, 150 tons coal
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	327
Armament	4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 1 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 × Type 93 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 63 mm (2.5 in) Deck: 25 mm (1 in) Conning tower: 51 mm (2 in)

Tenryū (天龍; Heavenly Dragon) was the lead ship in the two-ship Tenryū class of light cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Tenryū was named after the Tenryū River in Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures.