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Imperial Japanese Navy. Via Wikimedia Commons
| Tonnage | 625 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 250'2" by 26'6" by 7'6" 76.25m by 8.08m by 2.29m |
| Maximum speed | 21 knots |
| Complement | 91 |
| Armament | 2 4.7"/45
dual-purpose guns 1 3"/40 AA gun 1 heavy machine gun 2 depth charge throwers (18 depth charges) Minesweeping gear |
| Machinery |
2-shaft triple expansion reciprocating (4000 shp) 3 Kampon boilers |
| Bunkerage |
176 tons coal |
| Range |
2000 nautical miles (3700 km) at 14 knots |
| Modifications |
1944: One 4.7" gun and minesweeping gear removed and replaced with 5 25mm/60 AA guns. Depth charge loadout increased to 36. |
The W-5s were
completed in 1929 at Uraga. They were essentially enlarged W-1s.
Most
were
later assigned to escort duty.
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Sunk 1944-11-4 by Terrapin
off Sumatra |
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| Sunk by Dutch
aircraft
1941-12-26 off the northwest coast of Borneo |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2012-6-23)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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