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Tama in the Aleutians Campaign, 1942.
History
Japanese cruiser TamaEmpire of Japan
NameTama
NamesakeTama River
Ordered1917 Fiscal Year
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Cost6,915,078 JPY
Laid down10 August 1918
Launched10 February 1920
Commissioned29 January 1921 [1]
Stricken20 December 1944
FateSunk by USS Jallao northeast of Luzon at 21°23′N 127°19′E / 21.383°N 127.317°E / 21.383; 127.317, 25 October 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeKuma-class light cruiser
Displacement5,100 long tons (5,182 t) (standard)
Length152.4 m (500 ft)
Beam14.2 m (47 ft)
Draft4.8 m (16 ft)
Installed power90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Gihon geared steam turbines
  • 12 × Kampon boilers
  • 4 × shafts
Speed36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement450
Armament
  • 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns
  • 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns
  • 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
  • 48 × naval mines
Armor
  • Belt: 64 mm (3 in)
  • Deck: 29 mm (1 in)
Aircraft carried1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities1 × catapult

Tama (多摩) was the second of the five Kuma-class light cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy, which played an active role in World War II. Tama was named after the Tama River in Kantō region of Japan.

  1. ^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794.

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