| Career (Japan) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Yasoshima |
| Builder: | Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China (original) |
| Laid down: | June 28, 1931 |
| Acquired: | 1938 |
| Recommissioned: | September 25, 1944 |
| Fate: | sunk November 25, 1944 by US Navy Aircraft |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Escort vessel |
| Displacement: | 2,448 t (2,409 long tons) |
| Length: | 360 ft (110 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two-shaft Reciprocating Engines; 1 oil-fired and 4 coal-fired boilers; 7,488 hp (5,584 kW) |
| Speed: | 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Armament: | • 2 × 12 cm (5 in)/45 10th Year Type • 5 × triple 25 mm (1 in)/60 Type 96 AA guns • 2 × depth charge racks |
Yasoshima Second-Class Cruiser (八十島 二等巡洋艦) was an escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the second ship of its class.
It was originally built in China as the cruiser Ping Hai, which was the Republic of China Navy's flagship until it was sunk on September 23, 1937, by Japanese navy aircraft launched from both carrier Kaga and airfields around occupied Shanghai. Also going down on the same day was its Japanese-built sister ship Ning Hai.
In 1938 the Japanese refloated the two ships and agreed to transfer them to the Collaborationist Chinese navy under Wang Jing-Wei; but instead, the Japanese seized them and had Ping Hai towed to Sasebo, where it was outfitted first as a barracks hulk Mishima (見島), and on June 10, 1944 as Yasoshima. It was re-rated first as a coastal defense ship and then as an escort vessel. It lost all cruiser armaments but received radar sets as well as standard Japanese dual-purpose and anti-aircraft weapons.
Yasoshima was deployed for combat operations on September 25, 1944, participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and escorting troop convoys. Aircraft from the Ticonderoga caught it with heavy cruiser Kumano and sank them both on November 25, 1944.
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