Hatsushima 1945
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 初島 <Hatsushima> | Kawasaki, Kobe | 10/1939 | 1940 | 10/1940 | sunk 28/4/1945 | |
| 釣島 <Tsurushima> | Kawasaki, Kobe | 1/1940 | 24/5/1940 | 3/1941 | captured 8/1945, transport Tsurushima Maru 11/1945 | |
| 大立 <Odate> | Harima, Harima | 4/1940 | 11/12/1940 | 7/1941 | sunk 27/3/1945 | |
| 立石 <Tateishi> | Harima, Harima | 4/1940 | 1/3/1941 | 8/1941 | sunk 21/3/1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1564 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1700 |
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Length, m |
68.7 pp 70.0 wl 79.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.8 |
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Draught, m |
3.53 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 Kampon boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2300 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 1 x 2 - 13.2/76, 12 mines |
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Complement |
109 |
Ship project history: Built under 4th Supplementary program of 1939. Multi-purpose ships, were officially classified as cable ships, but could be used also as net- and minelayers.
Modernizations: 1943 - 1944, all: - 1 x 2 - 13.2/76; + 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 DCT (36)
Naval service: Tateishi was sunk 21/3/1945 in Cam Ranh Bay (Vietnam) by American aircraft. Hatsushima 18/4/1945 was sunk at Honshu by American submarine Sennet. Odate was sunk 27/3/1945 at Kyushu by American submarine Trigger.
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