No.1 class landing ship


Landing ship No.4 on 22 June 1944
Class overview
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
Example 2: 7 × Type 2 Ka-Mi
Example 3: 2 × Kō-hyōteki

Example 4: 6 × Kaiten or Kairyū
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

Background

Design

Construction

Service


Ships in class

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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