Japanese cruiser Tenryū

Japanese cruiser Tenryū

, , and the destroyer , , , which fired three torpedoes each at a transport and what it identified as a destroyer. The torpedoes missed the transport, but one hit "Tenryū" in the stern. "Tenryū" sank at 11:20 p.m. on 19 December 1942, at coord|05|12|S|145|56|E. Twenty-three crewmen were lost, but "Suzukaze" rescued the survivors, including Captain Ueda.

"Tenryū" was struck from the Navy list on 20 January 1943.

List of Captains

* Chief Equipping Officer - Capt. Sadajiro Murase - 3 March 1918 - 20 November 1919
* Capt. Sadajiro Murase - 20 November 1919 - 20 November 1920
* Cmdr. / Capt. Teijiro Murase - 20 November 1920 - 1 December 1921 (Promoted to Captain while in command of vessel.)
* Capt. Satoshi Yokoo - 1 December 1921 - 1 December 1922
* Capt. Hajime Matsushita - 1 December 1922 - 13 October 1923
* Cmdr. / Capt. Shinichi Oguri - 13 October 1923 - 1 December 1924 (Promoted to Captain on 1 December 1923.)
* Capt. Yoshio Takita - 1 December 1924 - 20 October 1925
* Capt. Shinpei Kida - 20 October 1925 - 1 December 1925
* Capt. Isao Monai - 1 December 1925 - 1 November 1926
* Capt. Seishichi Yamaguchi - 1 November 1926 - 15 November 1927
* Capt. Shigeru Kikuno - 15 November 1927 - 10 December 1928
* Capt. Yorio Sawamoto - 10 December 1928 - 20 August 1929
* Capt. Ibo Takahashi - 20 August 1929 - 1 November 1929
* Capt. Yoshio Hachiya - 1 November 1929 - 1 December 1930
* Capt. Kensuke Madarame - 1 December 1930 - 15 November 1932
* Capt. Minoru Tayui - 15 November 1932 - 1 November 1933
* Capt. Masao Kanazawa - 1 November 1933 - 25 May 1934
* Capt. Tetsu Isawa - 25 May 1934 - 21 November 1935
* Capt. Michiaki Kamata - 21 November 1935 - 15 February 1936
* Capt. Kyuhachi Kudo - 15 February 1936 - 10 November 1936
* Capt. Kanji Ugaki - 10 November 1936 - 2 August 1937
* Capt. Koso Abe - 2 August 1937 - 15 December 1938
* Capt. Sadanao Yamazaki - 15 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
* Capt. Zensuke Kanome - 15 November 1939 - 15 October 1940
* Capt. Yuji Takahashi - 15 October 1940 - 28 August 1941
* Mitsutaru Goto - 28 August 1941 - 5 June 1942
* Capt. Shinpei Asano - 5 June 1942 - 12 December 1942
* Capt. Mitsuharu Ueda - 12 December 1942 - 19 December 1942

References

Books

*cite book
last = Brown
first = David
authorlink =
year = 1990
title = Warship Losses of World War Two
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 155750914X
*cite book
last = D'Albas
first = Andrieu
authorlink =
year = 1965
title = Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II
publisher = Devin-Adair Pub
location =
id = ISBN 081595302X
*cite book
last = Dull
first = Paul S.
authorlink =
year = 1978
chapter =
title = A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 0-87021-097-1
*cite book
last = Lacroix
first = Eric
authorlink =
coauthors = Linton Wells
year = 1997
chapter =
title = Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 0870213113

External links

*cite web
last = Parshall
first = Jon
coauthors = Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp, & Allyn Nevitt
year =
url = http://www.combinedfleet.com/tenryu_t.htm
title = Imperial Japanese Navy Page (Combinedfleet.com)
work =
accessdate = 2006-06-14
*Gallery: [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-t/tenryu2.htm US Navy Historical Center]

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