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WU I fast amphibious personnel transport (1944/1947)


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, t1500
Displacement normal, t1800
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, toil
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 equipment2-shiki 2-go, 3-shiki 1-go radars, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone
Complement 


Standard scale images


<i>9-go</i> 1944
9-go 1944


Project history

Former Japanese fast amphibious transport of T1 class.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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