Landing ship No.4 on 22 June 1944 |
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Class overview | |
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Name: | No.1 class landing ship |
Builders: | Kure Naval Arsenal Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy Republic of China Navy |
Preceded by: | No.1-class patrol boat |
Cost: | 6,912,000 JPY as first ordered 22 vessels 7,126,000 JPY as second ordered 12 vessels |
Built: | 1943–1945 |
In commission: | 1944–1950 |
Planned: | 34 |
Completed: | 21 |
Cancelled: | 13 |
Lost: | 16 |
Retired: | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Landing assault ship |
Displacement: | 1,500 long tons (1,524 t) standard 1,800 long tons (1,829 t) trial |
Length: | 96.0 m (315 ft 0 in) overall 94.0 m (308 ft 5 in) waterline |
Beam: | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draught: | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
Draft: | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion: | 1 × Kampon geared turbine 2 × Kampon water tube boilers single shaft, 9,500 shp |
Speed: | 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h) |
Range: | 3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
Capacity: |
Example 1: 4 × Daihatsu and 260 tons freight |
Complement: | 148 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
as built • 1 × Type 22 radar • 1 × Type 93 hydrophone • 1 × Type 93 active sonar later fitted • 1 × Type 13 radar |
Armament: | Landing ship No.1 as built • 2 × 127 mm (5.0 in) L/40 AA guns • 15 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns • 18 × depth charges |
The No.1 class landing ship (第一号型輸送艦, Dai 1 Gō-gata Yusōkan ) was a class of amphibious assault ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during and after World War II. The IJN also called them 1st class transporter (一等輸送艦, 1-Tō Yusōkan ).
Contents |
Ship No. | Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
2901 | Landing ship No. 1 | Mitsubishi, Yokohama Shipyard | 5 November 1943 | 8 February 1944 | 10 May 1944 | Sunk by aircraft at Palau on 29 June 1944. |
2902 | Landing ship No. 2 | Mitsubishi, Yokohama Shipyard | 10 February 1944 | 6 May 1944 | 25 June 1944 | Sunk by aircraft at Chichi-jima on 5 August 1944. |
2903 | Landing ship No. 3 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 1 February 1944 | 20 March 1944 | 29 June 1944 | Sunk by USS Guavina at Mindanao on 15 September 1944. |
2904 | Landing ship No. 4 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 1 February 1944 | 20 March 1944 | 15 June 1944 | Sunk by aircraft off Chichi-jima on 4 August 1944. |
2905 | Landing ship No. 5 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 22 March 1944 | 25 May 1944 | 5 August 1944 | Sunk by aircraft off Davao on 14 September 1944. |
2906 | Landing ship No. 6 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 22 March 1944 | 25 May 1944 | 19 August 1944 | Sunk by aircraft at Marinduque on 25 November 1944. |
2907 | Landing ship No. 7 | Mitsubishi, Yokohama Shipyard | 1 April 1944 | 3 July 1944 | 15 September 1944 | Sunk by USN destroyer at east of Iwo Jima on 27 December 1944. |
2908 | Landing ship No. 8 | Mitsubishi, Yokohama Shipyard | 8 May 1944 | 11 August 1944 | 13 September 1944 | Sunk by USS Case at SSW of Chichi-jima on 24 December 1944. |
2909 | Landing ship No. 9 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 28 May 1944 | 15 July 1944 | 20 September 1944 | Survived war; decommissioned on 15 September 1945. Surrendered to United States 1947. Scrapped between 26 June 1948–1 October 1948. |
2910 | Landing ship No. 10 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 28 May 1944 | 15 July 1944 | 25 September 1944 | Sunk by aircraft at Marinduque on 25 November 1944. |
2911 | Landing ship No. 11 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 18 July 1944 | 25 August 1944 | 5 November 1944 | Heavy damaged by aircraft at Ormoc Bay on 7 December 1944; later sunk in shallow water. |
2912 | Landing ship No. 12 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 18 July 1944 | 25 August 1944 | 11 November 1944 | Sunk by USS Pintado at southeast of Kaohsiung on 12 December 1944. |
2913 | Landing ship No. 13 | Mitsubishi, Yokohama Shipyard | 5 July 1944 | 30 September 1944 | 1 November 1944 | Survived war; decommissioned on 20 November 1945. Surrendered to Soviet Union on 8 August 1947. |
2914 | Landing ship No. 14 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 28 August 1944 | 24 October 1944 | 18 December 1944 | Sunk by aircraft at near of Kaohsiung on 15 January 1945. |
2915 | Landing ship No. 15 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 28 August 1944 | 24 October 1944 | 20 December 1944 | Sunk by USS Tautog at north of Amami Ōshima on 17 January 1945. |
2916 | Landing ship No. 16 | Mitsubishi, Yokohama Shipyard | 12 August 1944 | 10 October 1944 | 31 December 1944 | Survived war; decommissioned on 15 September 1945. Surrendered to Republic of China at Qingdao on 29 August 1947; renamed Wu Yi. Decommissioned on 1 February 1950. |
2917 | Landing ship No. 17 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 27 October 1944 | 30 December 1944 | 8 February 1945 | Sunk by aircraft at Yellow Sea on 2 April 1945. |
2918 | Landing ship No. 18 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 27 October 1944 | 30 December 1944 | 12 February 1945 | Sunk by USS Springer at near of Nago on 18 March 1945. |
2919 | Landing ship No. 19 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 4 January 1945 | 24 February 1945 | 16 May 1945 | Survived war; decommissioned on 15 October 1945. Surrendered to United Kingdom on 20 November 1947 at Uraga. Scrapped between October–December 1948. |
2920 | Landing ship No. 20 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 4 January 1945 | 24 February 1945 | 23 April 1945 | Survived war; decommissioned on 15 October 1945. Grounded at Penghu on 15 September 1946. Later scuttled. |
2921 | Landing ship No. 21 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 27 February 1945 | 25 April 1945 | 15 July 1945 | Sunk by aircraft at Kutsuna Islands on 10 August 1945. |
2922 | Landing ship No. 22 | Kure Naval Arsenal | 27 February 1945 | 25 April 1945 | 80 % complete; construction stopped on 23 June 1945. Scrapped in June 1948. | |
12 vessels | They were cancelled while before named. |
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