file created: 12/07/02 01:05:22 , last update: 05/12/00
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CL Tenrju
Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Tenrju 1917/05/17
Jokosuka Kaigun Kosho
1918/05/20 1919/11/20 1942/12/18
sunk
Namesake: "Heaven's Dragon" ("nebeský drak") a river rising at Lake Suwa, in Shinano (q.v.) rovince - has famous rapids. (řeka vytékající z jezera SUWA, v provincii Shinano - má proslulé peřeje).
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41     4thFlt/CruDiv18    
41/12/08 41/12/11   SoSeFor/CruDiv18 land Wake  
41/12/11     SoSeFor/CruDiv18 damaged by strafing from VMF-211 aircraft   85 
41/12/21 41/12/28     land Wake  
42/05     SuppFor/FF xCoralS  
42/05/0? 42/05/1? MO SupFor/CruDiv18 xCoralS   81 
42/07/14     8thFlt/CruDiv18 IJN reorganization   103 
42/08/08 42/08/09   8thFlt/CruDiv18 xSavo  
42/08/24 42/08/28 RE   land Milne Bay   103 
42/10/02       damaged by B-17 in Rabaul   85 
42/11/14 42/11/15   BombGrp xGuada2   99 
42/11/14     BombGrp shell Henderson Field   89 
42/11/17 42/11/18     sail from Shortland to Kavieng   99 
42/11/23     CruDiv18/DF Rabaul - comCruDiv onboard   99 
42/12/16 42/12/18   MadTranGrp/CruDiv18/DF escort troop convoy from Rabaul to Madang   99 
42/12/18     MadTranGrp/CruDiv18/DF sunk(Albacore) off Madang (05-11'S,145-57'E)  

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 05°11'S, 145°57'E
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