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Tonnage |
1608 tons standard |
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Dimensions |
298'3" by 37'1" by 13'2" 90.91m by 11.30m by 4.01m |
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Maximum speed |
20 knots |
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Armament |
4 2pdr AA guns or (Wakatake) 2 3" AA guns 4 25mm/60 AA guns 360 mines |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared turbines (6000 shp) |
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Range |
3000 nautical miles (5600 km) at 14 knots |
| Modifications |
1943-1944: Mine rails replaced with four depth charge throwers and 36 depth charges 1945: 4 13mm/76 machine guns added |
The Hatsutakas
were completed in 1939-41 at Harima.
They were dual-purpose minelayers/net
tenders with both coal and fuel
oil bunkerage. They were a good
minelayer design but were converted to
escort work as
the Japanese
became more desperate to stop the Allied submarine
offensive.
| Cam Ranh Bay
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Torpedoed
1945-5-16 off Cape Labuan by Hawkbill |
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| Takao | Torpedoed
1944-9-26 off Labuan by Pargo |
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| Takao |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2011-3-12)
Gogin (2010; accessed 2013-3-5)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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