Auxiliary Minelayer No.1 on 28 February 1942
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Class overview | |
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Name | No.1 class auxiliary minelayer |
Builders | Uraga Dock Company |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Sokuten-class |
Built | 1941–1942 |
In commission | 1942–1947 |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 4 |
Lost | 3 |
Retired | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minelayer |
Displacement | 215 long tons (218 t) standard |
Length | 35.11 m (115 ft 2 in) overall |
Beam | 6.16 m (20 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 2.38 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 9.5 knots (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
Range | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 9.5 kn (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
Complement | 63 |
Armament |
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The No.1 class auxiliary minelayer (第一号型敷設特務艇,, Dai Ichi Gō-gata Fusetsu-Tokumutei) was a class of minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. They were built to supplement the timeworn Sokuten-class. 4 vessels were built in 1941–42 under the Maru Rin Programme (Ship # 257–260).
Ship # | Ship | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
257 |
Auxiliary minelayer No. 1
[1] ex-Minelayer No. 1 |
4 June 1941 | 20 August 1941 | 28 February 1942 as Minelayer No. 1 |
Renamed Auxiliary minelayer No. 1 on 1 February 1944, struck a naval mine and sunk off Medan on 27 March 1945, decommissioned on 3 May 1947. |
258 | Minelayer No. 2 [2] | 4 June 1941 | 30 August 1941 | 10 April 1942 | Struck a naval mine and sunk off Surabaya on 31 December 1942, decommissioned on 20 March 1943. |
259 |
Auxiliary minelayer No. 3
[3] ex-Minelayer No. 3 |
8 September 1941 | 14 January 1942 | 30 June 1942 as Minelayer No. 3 |
Renamed Auxiliary minelayer No. 3 on 1 February 1944, survived war at Chuuk, decommissioned on 3 May 1947. |
260 |
Auxiliary minelayer No. 4
[4] ex-Minelayer No. 4 |
8 September 1941 | 24 January 1942 | 20 August 1942 as Minelayer No. 4 |
Renamed Auxiliary minelayer No. 4 on 1 February 1944, sunk by HMS Tally-Ho off Car Nicobar on 20 November 1944, decommissioned on 3 May 1947. |
Auxiliary Minelayer No.1 on 28 February 1942
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Class overview | |
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Name | No.1 class auxiliary minelayer |
Builders | Uraga Dock Company |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Sokuten-class |
Built | 1941–1942 |
In commission | 1942–1947 |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 4 |
Lost | 3 |
Retired | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minelayer |
Displacement | 215 long tons (218 t) standard |
Length | 35.11 m (115 ft 2 in) overall |
Beam | 6.16 m (20 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 2.38 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 9.5 knots (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
Range | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 9.5 kn (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
Complement | 63 |
Armament |
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The No.1 class auxiliary minelayer (第一号型敷設特務艇,, Dai Ichi Gō-gata Fusetsu-Tokumutei) was a class of minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. They were built to supplement the timeworn Sokuten-class. 4 vessels were built in 1941–42 under the Maru Rin Programme (Ship # 257–260).
Ship # | Ship | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
257 |
Auxiliary minelayer No. 1
[1] ex-Minelayer No. 1 |
4 June 1941 | 20 August 1941 | 28 February 1942 as Minelayer No. 1 |
Renamed Auxiliary minelayer No. 1 on 1 February 1944, struck a naval mine and sunk off Medan on 27 March 1945, decommissioned on 3 May 1947. |
258 | Minelayer No. 2 [2] | 4 June 1941 | 30 August 1941 | 10 April 1942 | Struck a naval mine and sunk off Surabaya on 31 December 1942, decommissioned on 20 March 1943. |
259 |
Auxiliary minelayer No. 3
[3] ex-Minelayer No. 3 |
8 September 1941 | 14 January 1942 | 30 June 1942 as Minelayer No. 3 |
Renamed Auxiliary minelayer No. 3 on 1 February 1944, survived war at Chuuk, decommissioned on 3 May 1947. |
260 |
Auxiliary minelayer No. 4
[4] ex-Minelayer No. 4 |
8 September 1941 | 24 January 1942 | 20 August 1942 as Minelayer No. 4 |
Renamed Auxiliary minelayer No. 4 on 1 February 1944, sunk by HMS Tally-Ho off Car Nicobar on 20 November 1944, decommissioned on 3 May 1947. |