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Akitsushima 1942

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
秋津洲 [Akitsushima]			Kawasaki, Kobe	29.10.1940	25.7.1941	29.4.1942	sunk 24.9.1944
千早 [Chihaya]			Kawasaki, Kobe	1941	---	---	cancelled 1941

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4650
Displacement full, t	5000
Length, m	109.0 pp 113.0 wl 118.0 oa
Breadth, m	15.8
Draught, m	5.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 diesels
Power, h. p.	8000
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 2 - 127/40 89-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 DCT, 1 large flying boat (H8K)
Complement

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Aircraft facilities

Flying boats were handled by large crane.

Project history

Built under 4th Supplementary Programme and intended for maintenance of large flying boats of type Н8К ("Emily"). For maintenance and repair flying boat was lifted on a quarter-deck by powerful crane.

It was supposed to build three more sister-ships (Nos5031-5033), but works have not been begun.

Modernizations

1944: + 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki

Naval service

Akitsushima was damaged at Truk 17.2.1944 by American carrier aircraft. 24.9.1944 she was sunk at coast of Philippines by American carrier aircraft.