''Sendai'' wasdibangun completed at theoleh [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries|Mitsubishi]] di galangan kapal [[Nagasaki]] shipyards onpada 29 April 1924. ImmediatelySegera onsetelah completionselesai dibangun, shedia waslangsung assignedditugaskan tountuk berpatorli di [[Sungai Panjang|YangtzeSungai RiverYangtze]], patrol in [[China]]. SheDia playedmemainkan anperanan importantpenting role in thedalam [[Pertempuran Shanghai|Battle of Shanghai]] in the opening stages of the, [[Perang Tiongkok-Jepang Kedua|Second Sino-Japanese War]], anddan latermembantu coveredmengamankan thependaratan landingspasukan ofJepang Japanesedi forcesbagian in southern[[selatan]] China.
