Japanese cruiser Tatsuta
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The Tatsuta was the second of two cruisers built between 1917 and 1919 for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The first of which was the Tenryu. Both the Tenryu and Tatsuta had a displacement of 3,230 tons and were armed with five 5.5-inch guns with one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun and had six 21-inch torpedo tubes and could carry up to 100 mines for tatical minelaying and had a crew of 332 officers and men. Both the Tenryu and Tatsuta participated in the Invasion of Wake Island during both attempts on December 11, and December 23, 1941 were both recived damage during the first attempt from the U.S. Marines coastal guns. The Tatsuta was sunk on March 13, 1944 about 145 miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan by the U.S. submarine Sandlance.
