Japanese cruiser Tenryū

	Tenryū in Yokosuka, 1925
History
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 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)
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.

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