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| Tonnage | 870 tons standard |
| Dimensions | 255'0" by 29'10" by 10'0" 77.72m by 9.09m by 3.05m |
| Maximum speed | 19.7 knots |
| Complement | 147 |
| Armament | 3 4.7"/45
dual-purpose guns 4 25mm AA guns 36 depth charges |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared diesel (4200 bhp) |
| Range | 8000 nautical miles (15,000km) at 16 knots |
| Modifications | 1943-8:
Armament increased to 15 25mm guns, 60 depth charges, and a 3" A/S mortar. By 1944 the ships had Type 22 radar and Type 93 sonar |
Also called "Type A coastal defense ships," the Etorofus were
improved Shimushus
with heavier antisubmarine
armament.
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Completed 1943-3-25 (Hitachi-Sakurajima)
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| Oki | Completed 1943-3--31 (Uraga-Tokyo) | |
| Sado | Completed 1943-4-1 (Tsurumi) | Torpedoed 1944-8-22 off Manila by Haddo |
| Matsuwa | Completed 1943-4-1 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Torpedoed 1944-8-22 off Manila by Harder |
| Fukue | Completed 1943-7-15 (Uraga-Tokyo) | |
| Tsushima | Completed 1943-8-15 (Tsurumi) | |
| Mutsure | Completed 1943-8-15 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) | Torpedoed 1943-9-2 off Truk by Snapper |
| Wakamiya | Completed 1943-8-25 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Torpedoed 1943-11-23 off China (122.2E 28.8N) by Gudgeon |
| Kanju | Completed 1943-10-30 Uraga-Tokyo) | Sunk by Russian aircraft 1945-8-15 off Wonsan |
| Hirado | Completed 1943-11-1 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) | Torpedoed 1944-9-12 off Hainan by Growler |
| Amakusa | Completed 1943-11-20 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) | Sunk by aircraft 1945-8-9 at Onagawa |
| Manju | Completed 1943-11-30 (Mitsui-Tamano) | |
| Kasado | Completed 1944-3-30 (Uraga-Tokyo) | |
| Iki | Completed 1944-4-10 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Torpedoed 1944-5-24 off Singapore by Raton |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2007-12-5)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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