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| Tonnage | 3800 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 257'2" by 42'0" by 20'3" 78.38m by 12.80m by 6.17m |
| Maximum speed | 12.4 knots |
| Complement |
35 |
| Armament | 1 3"/40 AA gun 2 25mm/60 AA guns 10 depth charges |
| Machinery |
1-shaft triple expansion reciprocating 2 boilers |
The Soya was ordered by the Russiansbut
requisitioned by the
Japanese Navy at the start of the Second World War in 1939. She was
completed as an ammunition ship/icebreaker for service in the
northernmost reaches of Japan's empire, but ended up serving mostly in
the South Seas. She survived the war and had a distinguished postwar
career, including as an Antarctic research ship. She is now a museum
ship at the Museum of Maritime Science in Tokyo.
References:
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2011-7-2)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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