Mino 1945
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 永承 <Eijo> | Kiangnan, Shanghai, China / Kure K K | 1944 | 1944 | 3/1945 | sunk 17/6/1945 | |
| 箕面 <Mino> | Naniwa, Osaka / Kure K K | 11/1944 | 13/5/1945 | 8/1945 | captured 8/1945, BU 1947 | |
| 1822号艦 <1822-go> (hull No1822) | Naniwa, Osaka | 2/1945 | 1947 | ---// 6/1948 | completed mercantile |
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Displacement standard, t |
3224 |
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Displacement normal, t |
5200 |
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Length, m |
85.0 pp 88.3 wl 91.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.4 |
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Draught, m |
5.90 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Eijo: VTE, 1 boiler Mino, No1822: geared steam turbine, 1 cylindrical boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
1200 |
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Max speed, kts |
11 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 120/45 10-shiki, 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 25 96-shiki, 380 mines, 2 DCT (24) |
| Sensors | 13-go radar |
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Complement |
Ship project history: Originally built as standard transports of 2D type (2247BRT). Under the 1944 program it has been decided to convert three vessels to minelayers. They were requisitioned late - early 1945 and towed off to Kure DYd, where their conversion has begun. Under project mines placed in specially arranged hold between engine and boiler rooms. Holds can be used for general cargo. Conversion of third ship has been suspended in March, 1945. After war she was completed as a merchant vessel.
Modernizations: none
Naval service: Eijo 17/6/1945 was sunk W off Hokkaido by American submarine Spadefish.
Mino 1945
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