Japanese escort Hachijo
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hachijo |
| Laid down: | 3 August 1939 |
| Launched: | 10 April 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 31 March 1941 |
| Struck: | 30 November 1945 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 30 April 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Shimushu-class escort ship |
| Displacement: | 870 long tons (884 t) |
| Length: | 77.7 m (255 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 3.05 m (10 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Twin screws, Diesel engines |
| Speed: | 19.7 knots (22.7 mph; 36.5 km/h) |
| Complement: | 150 |
| Armament: | • 3 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/45 cal DP guns • Up to 15 × 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns • 6 × depth charge throwers • Up to 60 × depth charges • 1 × 80 mm (3.1 in) mortar |
Hachijo (八丈 Hachijō) was an escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Like her sister ship Ishigaki, Hachijo spent most of her early career in the Kuriles escorting ships. On 19 February 1943, Hachijo barely missed meeting her doom when she was detached from escorting Akagane Maru to Attu in the morning. That evening, Akagane Maru ran into the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis with two destroyers and was sunk.
On 7 July 1944 Hachijo was severely damaged in an air attack, taking damage to her hull and an auxiliary engine room was flooded. Hachijo survived the war and was scrapped on 30 April 1948.
References
- Hachijo at Combined fleet (Retrieved on November 7, 2007)
- Jackson, Robert "Fighting Ships of The World." London: Amber Books Ltd, Page. 335 2004 ISBN 9781840136470
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