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| Tonnage | 720 tons standard |
| Dimensions | 247'8" by 25'9" by 8'6" 75.50m by 7.85m by 2.60m |
| Maximum speed | 20 knots |
| Complement | 56-80 |
| Armament | 2 Vickers 2pdr guns (Sokuten) or 1 3"/40
AA gun (Hirashima) 2 13mm/76 machine guns 120 mines |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared diesel (3600 ihp) |
| Bunkerage |
35 tons diesel oil |
| Range |
2550 nautical miles (4700km) at 14 knots |
| Modifications | 1943: Bunkerage increased to 88 tons, increasing the range to
5000 nm (9300 km), and 4 depth charge throwers (36 depth charges)
added. 1944: Selected units received 6-15 25mm/60 AA guns in place of the 13mm machine guns. |
The Sokutens were
completed in 1938-1942. They were small hybrid minelayers/net tenders.
We include here the very similar Hirashima class, which had
identical hulls and machinery and differed only in details of the
armament. The differences tended to be erased as the ships were
refitted.
| Sunk by aircraft
194-2-25 at Palau |
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| Shirakami |
Sunk in collision with Nichiran Maru
1944-3-3 in the Kuriles |
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| Naryu |
Torpedoed
1945-2-16 off Honshu by Sennet |
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| Kyosai |
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| Ukishima
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Lost to unkown cause 1943-11-16 off Hatsushima |
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| Hirashima |
Torpedoed
1943-7-27 near 127.7E 32.5N by Sawfish |
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| Hoko |
Completed
1941-12 |
Sunk by aircraft 1943-9-28
off Buka |
| Ishizaki |
Completed
1942-2-28 |
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| Takashima |
Completed
1942-3-28 |
Sunk by aircraft 1944-10-10
off Okinawa |
| Saishu |
Completed
1942-4-25 |
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| Niizaki |
Completed
1942-8-31 |
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| Yurijima |
Completed
1942-11-25 |
Torpedoed
1945-1-14 off Kota Baharu by Cobia |
| Nuwashima
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Completed
1942-11-15 |
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| Maeshima
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Completed 1943-7-31 |
References
Gogin (2010; accessed 2013-4-6)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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