Japanese cruiser Jintsū

	Japanese light cruiser Jintsū, 1925
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
Stricken	10 September 1943
Fate	Sunk 13 July 1943 Battle of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands 07°38′S 157°06′E.
General characteristics
Class and type	Sendai-class cruiser
Displacement	5195 tons (standard)
Length	162.8 m (534 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 by American ships and sunk in combat.

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