Nasami 1941
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 那沙美 <Nasami> | Harima, Aioi | 1/1933 | 26/3/1934 | 9/1934 | sunk 1/4/1944 | |
| 夏島 <Natsushima> | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 12/1931 | 24/3/1933 | 7/1933 | sunk 22/2/1944 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
450 |
|
Displacement full, t |
510 |
|
Length, m |
67.0 pp 70.0 wl |
|
Breadth, m |
7.50 |
|
Draught, m |
1.90 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
2300 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(10) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 120 mines, sweeps |
|
Complement |
74 |
Ship project history: Built under 1st Supplementary program of 1931. Development of Tsubame class, changes have concerned mostly machinery: instead of triple expansion steam engines on predecessors, Nasami class ships had diesels. Carried antisubmarine nets and minesweeping equipment.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Natsushima 22/2/1944 was sunk at New Ireland by American destroyers Charles Ausbume, Dyson and Stanly. Nasami 30/3/1944 was damaged in Rabaul by American carrier aircraft and in two days foundered from received damages.
Nasami
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