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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
武夷 [Wu Yi] (ex-第16号輸送艦 [16-go])			Mitsubishi, Yokohama, Japan		1944	12.1944 // 8.1947	stricken 2.1950

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1500
Displacement normal, t	1800
Length, m	89.0 pp 94.0 wl 96.0 oa
Breadth, m	10.2
Draught, m	3.60
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 set geared steam turbine, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	9500
Max speed, kts	22
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4700(18)
Armament	1 - 7-go: 1 x 2 - 127/40 89-shiki, 3 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 DCT (42) 8 - 21-go: 1 x 2 - 127/40 89-shiki, 5 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 9 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 5 x 1 - 13.2/76, 4 DCT (42)
Military load	1 - 16-go: 5 Daihatsu 14m landing craft  + 260 t of cargo or 7 amphibious tanks + 220 t of cargo or 500 t of cargo + 480 men 17 - 21-go: 5 Daihatsu 14m landing craft  + 260 t of cargo or 7 amphibious tanks + 220 t of cargo or 500 t of cargo + 480 men or 2 Koryu midget submarines or 6 Kaiten human torpedoes
Electronic equipment	2-shiki 2-go, 3-shiki 1-go radars, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone
Complement

Standard scale images

Project history

Former Japanese fast amphibious transport of T1 class.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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