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| Light cruiser Sendai underway, 1923 | Heavily retouched photograph of a Sendai-class light cruiser, circa 1924-25 | Light cruiser Jintsu at Kure, Japan, 1925 | Light cruiser Naka prior to her commissioning, Nov 1925 |
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| Light cruiser Jintsu damaged after colliding with destroyer Warabi during training exercise in night of 24 Aug 1927, Maizuru, Japan, circa 26 Aug 1927 | Light cruiser Jintsu at Kure, Japan, late Jan 1932 | Battleships Nagato, Kirishima, Ise, and Hyuga and a Sendai-class cruiser (foreground to background), circa early 1934 | Light cruiser Jintsu during post-modernization trials, Kure, Japan, 13 Nov 1939 |
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| Two survivors of the sunken Jintsu, dressed in US Navy uniforms, aboard USS Nicholas (DD-449), 13 Jul 1943 |
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