Kamishima class minelayer


Kamishima in 1947
Class overview
Name: Kamishima class minelayer
Builders: Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Kawanami Kōgyō Corporation
Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Soviet Navy
Preceded by: Ajiro class
Built: 1945–1946
In commission: 1945–1947
Planned: 9
Completed: 2
Cancelled: 7
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Type: Minelayer
Displacement: 766 long tons (778 t) standard
Length: 74.50 m (244 ft 5 in) overall
Beam: 7.85 m (25 ft 9 in)
Draught: 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion: Kamishima
2 × Kampon Mk.23B Model 8 diesels, 2 shafts, 1,900 bhp
Awashima
2 × MAN Mk.3 Model 10 diesels, 2 shafts, 3,600 bhp
Speed: Kamishima
16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Awashima
19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h)
Range: Kamishima
3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement: Kamishima
94
Armament: Kamishima, 1945
• 2 × Type 5 40 mm L/65 AA guns
• 16 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
• 36 × Type 2 depth charges
• 120 × Type 93 naval mines
• 4 × Type 3 depth charge projectors
• 8 × depth charge throwers
• 1 × 22-Gō surface search radar
• 1 × 13-Gō early warning radar
• 2 × Type 3 active sonars
• 1 × Type 93 hydrophone
• 1 × Paravane

The Kamishima class minelayer (神島型敷設艇, Kamishima-gata Fusetsutei?) was a class of minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during and after World War II. 9 vessels were planned under the Maru Sen Programme, however only 1 vessel was completed until the end of war.

Contents

Background

Design

Ships in class

Ship # Ship Builder Laid down Launched Completed Fate
1801 Kamishima (神島?) Sasebo Naval Arsenal 20 February 1945 12 June 1945 30 July 1945 Decommissioned 5 September 1945. Surrendered to Soviet Union at Nakhodka, 3 October 1947.
1802 Awashima (粟島?) Sasebo Naval Arsenal[1] 20 February 1945 26 July 1945 18 April 1946 Incomplete until the end of the war (90%). Surrendered to United States on 1 October 1947. Sunk as target at on 7 October 1947.
1803 - 1806 Cancelled in May 1945.
1807 Hikoshima (彦島?) Sasebo Naval Arsenal
1808 - 1809

Footnotes

  1. ^ Kawanami Kōgyō Corporation undertook her postwar constructions.

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