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| Tonnage | 4400 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 391'4" by 51'8" by 18'0" 119.28m by 15.75m by 5.49m |
| Maximum speed | 20 knots |
| Complement |
445 |
| Aircraft |
1 catapult 1 seaplane |
| Armament | 4 5.5"/50 guns 2 3"/40 AA guns 2 13mm/76 AA guns 500 mines 22 depth charges |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared turbine (9000 hp) 4 boilers |
| Range | 9000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots |
The Okinoshima was
a hybrid
minelayer/escort vessel built in 1936. She was with the Gilbert
Islands Force when
war broke out. She
was torpedoed on 11 May 1942 in
the Bismarck Sea by S-42 and capsized while being towed back to Rabaul. Repair ship Shoei Maru was torpedoed by a different submarine while under way to assist Okinoshima.
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2007-12-6)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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