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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}{{no footnotes|date=January 2013}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=Sendai, note the wider third funnel
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=Sendai class | Builders=*Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard- Kōbe-Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard
- Yokohama Dock Company
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal
| Empire of Japan}} | Nagara|cruiser|4}} | Agano|cruiser|4}} | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1922-1925 | In service range= | In commission range=1924-1944 | Total ships planned=8 | Total ships completed=3 | Total ships cancelled=5 | Total ships lost=3
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship type=Light cruiser | 5195|LT|t|abbr=on}} (standard)- {{convert|5595|LT|t|abbr=on}} (full load)
| 158.53|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (waterline)- {{convert|162.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a
| 14.17|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 4.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 8.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 90000|shp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*4 × geared steam turbines (Brown-Curtiss in Jintsū, Parsons in Sendai and Naka)- 12 × Kampon boilers (8 x oil-fed and 4 x coal-fed) (initial powerplant); 10 × Kampon oil-fed boilers (after 1934)
- 4 × shafts
| 35.25|kn|km/h mph|lk=in|abbr=on}} | 5000|nmi|km mi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h mph|abbr=on}} | Ship complement=440 | Ship sensors= | Sendai, 1924: 7 × {{convert>140|mm|in|abbr=on}}/50 guns- 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun (anti-aircraft guns)
- 8 × {{convert|610|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (4x2)
- 16 × {{convert|610|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedoes
- 56 × naval mines
- Naka, Spring 1941: 7 × {{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns
- 4 × Type 96 {{convert|25|mm|in|abbr=on}} anti-aircraft autocannons (2x2)
- 2 × {{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} anti-aircraft machine guns (2x1)
- 8 × {{convert|610|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (2x4)
- 16 × {{convert|610|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedoes
- some depth charges
- Naka, March 1943: 6 × {{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns
- 2 × {{convert|127|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}/40 dual purpose guns (1x2)
- 10 × {{convert|25|mm|in|abbr=on}} AAGs (2x3, 2x2)
- 2 × {{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} anti-aircraft machine guns (1x2)
- 8 × {{convert|610|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (2x4)
- 16 × {{convert|610|mm|in|abbr=on}} Type 93 torpedoes
- some depth charges
| 2.9|cm|in|abbr=on}}- Belt: {{convert|6.4|cm|in|abbr=on}}
| Ship aircraft=*1 × wheeled fighter | Ship aircraft facilities=*1 × flying-off platform | Ship notes=
}} | The {{Nihongo|Sendai-class cruisers|川内型軽巡洋艦|Sendai-gata keijun'yōkan}} were a group of warships operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessels in the class were named after rivers according to the navy's light cruiser naming rule. They participated in numerous actions during the Pacific War and were mainly used as destroyer flotilla leaders. DesignThe Sendai-class light cruisers were a development of the preceding {{sclass-|Nagara|cruiser|4}}. Their boilers were better located, and they had four funnels instead of three. Each ship was designed with a flying-off platform and hangar, but did not actually carry aircraft until a catapult system was installed in 1929. {{Expand section|date=May 2008}}Ships in classThree Sendai-class light cruisers were constructed in Japan during the 1920s; four were laid down, but the last — Kako — was scrapped on the slipway in accordance with the regulations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. The other three were sunk during World War II. | Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate | | {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Sendai | 川内}} | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard | 16 February 1922 | 30 October 1923 | 29 April 1924 | Sunk during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay on 2 November 1943. | | {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Jintsū | 神通}} | Kōbe-Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard | 4 August 1922 | 8 December 1923 | 31 July 1925 | Sunk during the Battle of Kolombangara on 13 July 1943. | | {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Naka | 那珂}} | Yokohama Dock Company | 10 June 1922 | 24 March 1925 | 30 November 1925 | Hull was burned by earthquake, later scrapped. Laid down once again on 24 May 1924. Sunk during the Operation Hailstone on 17 February 1944. | | Kako|加古}} | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | 15 February 1922 | Discontinued by Washington Naval Treaty on 17 March 1922 and scrapped. Naval budget was used for the Furutaka-class cruiser. | | Ayase|綾瀬}} | Cancelled and re-planned as Furutaka-class cruiser in March 1922. | Minase|水無瀬}}
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and one cruiser | Cancelled following the Washington Naval Treaty. | |
Books- Model Art Ship Modelling Special No.29, 5,500 tons class cruisers, Model Art Co. Ltd. (Japan), September 2008, Book code 12319-09
- {{cite web |url=http://rekigun.net/ |title=Rekishi Gunzō}}, History of Pacific War Vol.32 Light cruiser Kuma/Nagara/Sendai classes, Gakken (Japan), August 2001, {{ISBN|4-05-602582-7}}
- Daiji Katagiri, Ship Name Chronicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Kōjinsha (Japan), June 1988, {{ISBN|4-7698-0386-9}}
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.27 Sendai class cruisers, Ushio Shobō (Japan), May 1979, Book code 68343-27
External links{{Commons category|Sendai class cruiser}}- CombinedFleet.com: Sendai class
- CombinedFleet.com: Sendai history
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