No.1 class auxiliary minelayer


Aux. Minelayer No.1 on 28 February 1942
Class overview
Name: No.1 class auxiliary minelayer
Builders: Uraga Dock Company
Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by: Sokuten-class
Built: 1941–1942
In commission: 1942–1947 (?)
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Lost: 3
Retired: 1
General characteristics
Type: Minelayer
Displacement: 215 long tons (218 t) standard
Length: 35.11 m (115 ft 2 in) overall
Beam: 6.16 m (20 ft 3 in)
Draught: 2.38 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: 1 × low-speed diesel
single shaft, 400 bhp
Speed: 9.5 knots (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h)
Range: 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 9.5 kn (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h)
Complement: 63
Armament: • 1 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 AA gun
• 2 × 13 mm AA guns
• 40 × Type 93 naval mines or 16 × depth charges

The No.1 class auxiliary minelayer (第一号型敷設特務艇, Dai Ichi Gō-gata Fusetsu-Tokumutei?) was a class of minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. They were built to supplement timeworn the Sokuten-class. 4 vessels were built in 1941–42 under the Maru Rin Programme (Ship # 257–260).

Contents

Background

Ships in class

Ship # Ship Laid down Launched Completed Fate
257 Aux. Minelayer No.1
(第一号敷設特務艇
Dai Ichi Gō Fusetsu-Tokumutei?)		 4 June 1941 20 August 1941 28 February 1942 Struck a naval mine and sunk off Medan on 27 March 1945. Decommissioned on 3 May 1947.
258 Aux. Minelayer No.2
(第二号敷設特務艇
Dai Ni Gō Fusetsu-Tokumutei?)		 4 June 1941 30 August 1941 10 April 1942 Struck a naval mine and sunk off Surabaya on 31 December 1942. Decommissioned on 20 March 1943.
259 Aux. Minelayer No.3
(第三号敷設特務艇
Dai San Gō Fusetsu-Tokumutei?)		 8 September 1941 14 January 1942 30 June 1942 Decommissioned on 3 May 1947. (?)[1]
260 Aux. Minelayer No.4
(第四号敷設特務艇
Dai Yon Gō Fusetsu-Tokumutei?)		 8 September 1941 24 January 1942 20 August 1942 Sunk by HMS Tally-Ho off Car Nicobar on 20 November 1944. Decommissioned on 3 May 1947.

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Notes

  1. ^ She survived war at Chuuk. However, her detailed record was not left.

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