Tsurumi in 1922 |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Notoro class oiler later Erimo class oiler |
| Builders: | Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation Yokohama Dock Company Ōsaka Iron Works |
| Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by: | Noma |
| Succeeded by: | Kamoi |
| Cost: | 1,500,000 JPY |
| Built: | 1919–1922 |
| In commission: | 1920–1945 |
| Planned: | 7 |
| Completed: | 7 |
| Lost: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 15,400 long tons (15,647 t) standing |
| Length: | 138.68 m (455 ft 0 in) p/p |
| Beam: | 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | Irō 1 × triple expansion reciprocating engine 4 × Kampon water tube boilers single shaft, 3,750 shp All others 1 × triple expansion reciprocating engine 4 × Scotch boilers single shaft, 3,750 shp |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Capacity: | 8,000 tons of fuel oil |
| Complement: | Irō: 157 All others: 142 |
| Armament: | Notoro, Shiretoko, Erimo and Irō • 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/45 naval guns • 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in) L/40 AA guns Sata, Tsurumi and Shiriya • 2 × 140 mm (5.5 in) L/50 naval guns • 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in) L/40 AA guns |
The Notoro class oiler (能登呂型給油艦 Notoro-gata kyūyukan) was a class of seven oilers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during the 1920s and the World War II. They were also called the Erimo class oiler (襟裳型給油艦 Erimo-gata kyūyukan), after the Notoro and the Shiretoko were converted to other ship types.
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They were built under pre-Eight-eight fleet plans, the Eight-four fleet plan and the Eight-six fleet plan.
The class devoted themselves to importing crude oil from North America and Southeast Asia. The Notoro and the Ondo class made 388 voyages carrying a total of 3,000,000 tons of oil up to 1941.
They were not able to accompany the fleet, because of their low speed. Instead they were engaged in a supply duties at naval bases.
| Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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| Notoro (能登呂) | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 24 November 1919 | 17 July 1920 | 20 September 1920 | Converted to seaplane tender, 1 June 1934. Scuttled off Singapore, 12 January 1947. |
| Shiretoko (知床) | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 24 November 1919 | 3 May 1920 | 10 August 1920 | Converted to collier, 1928. Later re-converted to munition ship. Sunk by air raid at Singapore, 1 February 1945. |
| Erimo (襟裳) | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 3 May 1920 | 28 October 1920 | 16 December 1920 | Heavily damaged by Dutch submarine O 15, 4 March 1942 and grounded at Belitung. |
| Sata (佐多) | Yokohama Dock Company | 6 March 1920 | 28 October 1920 | 24 February 1921 | Converted to submarine rescue ship in 1938. Sunk during the Operation Desecrate One at Palau, 31 March 1944. |
| Tsurumi (鶴見) | Ōsaka Iron Works, Sakurajima Factory | 10 March 1921 | 29 September 1921 | 14 March 1922 | Sunk by USS Cero (SS-225) south of Davao , 5 August 1944. |
| Shiriya (尻矢) | Yokohama Dock Company | 7 April 1921 | 29 September 1921 | 8 February 1922 | Sunk by USS Trigger (SS-237) northeast of Keelung , 22 September 1943. |
| Irō (石廊) | Ōsaka Iron Works, Sakurajima Factory | 2 September 1921 | 5 August 1922 | 30 October 1922 | Heavily damaged by air raid at Palau, 31 March 1944. Sank, 17 April 1944. |
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