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| Tonnage | 450 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 214'11"
by 23'7" by 6'11" 65.51m by 7.19m by 2.11m |
| Maximum speed | 19 knots |
| Complement | 56-80 |
| Armament | 1 3"/40
AA gun 1 13mm/76 machine gun 120 mines |
| Machinery |
2-shaft triple expansion (2500 ihp) |
| Modifications | 1943-44: Refitted as escort vessels with 4 depth charge throwers and 36 depth charges |
The Tsubames were
completed in 1929-1934. They were hybrid minelayers/net tenders also
intended for coastal antisubmarine
defense.
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Kamome |
Takao | Torpedoed 1944-4-27 near 128.2E 27.6N by Halibut |
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Tsubame |
Sunk by aircraft 1945-3-1 near Okinawa | |
| Natsushima | Sunk 1944-2-23 off New Ireland by Ausburne, Dyson, and Stanley | |
| Nasami | Sunk by aircraft 1944-4-1 at Rabaul | |
| Sarushima | Sunk by aircraft 1944-7-4 near 142.2E 27.1N |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2008-4-3)
Gogin (2010; accessed 2013-4-19)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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