Japanese cruiser Tatsuta (1918)

	Tatsuta in August 1919
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Tatsuta
Namesake	Tatsuta River
Ordered	1915 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	24 July 1917
Launched	29 May 1918
Commissioned	31 May 1919
Out of service	13 March 1944
Stricken	10 May 1944
Fate	Sunk by USS Sand Lance NNE of Hachijōjima
General characteristics
Class and 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)
Draught	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	3 shaft Brown Curtiss geared turbine engines; 10 Kampon boilers; 51,000 shp (38,000 kW); 920 tons oil, 150 tons coal;
Speed	33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	327
Armament	4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns; 1 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun; 2 × Type 93 13 mm AA machine guns; 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) Type 6 torpedo tubes (2x3);
Armour	Belt: 63 mm (2.5 in); Deck: 25 mm (1 in); Conning tower: 51 mm (2 in);

Tatsuta (龍田) was the second ship in the two ship Tenryū class of light cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). She was named after the Tatsuta River in Nara Prefecture, Japan.

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