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| Tonnage | 1345 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 275'7" by 37'11" by 9'2" 84.00m by 11.56m by 2.79m |
| Maximum speed | 13 knots |
| Complement | 175 |
| Armament | 3 3"/40
guns 1 25mm/60 antiaircraft gun 150 mines 4 depth charge throwers (36 depth charges) |
| Machinery |
2-shaft reciprocating (2200 shp) 2 Kampon boilers |
| Bunkerage | 300 tons coal |
| Range | 2200 nautical miles (4100 km) at 10 knots |
The Shirataka was
built as a minelayer/netlayer but converted to an escort vessel in
1940.
She was at Palau
when war broke out, and was torpedoed on 31 August 1944 off Batan Island by Sealion.
References
CombinedFleet.org (accessed 2008-4-3)
Gogin (2010; accessed 2013-4-5)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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