Tsukushi-class survey ship
Tsukushi in December 1941
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Class overview | |
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Name | Tsukushi-class survey ship |
Builders | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | |
Subclasses |
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Cost | |
Built | 1940–1941 |
In commission | 1941–1943 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 1 |
Cancelled | 1 |
Lost | 1 |
General characteristics [3][4] | |
Type | Survey ship |
Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) standard |
Length | 79.30 m (260 ft 2 in) overall |
Beam | 10.60 m (34 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 3.65 m (12 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19.7 knots (22.7 mph; 36.5 km/h) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
Endurance | Fuel: 255 tons oil |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4 × 10 m (32 ft 10 in) surveying launches |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Yokosuka E14Y |
Aviation facilities | 4 ton derrick |
The Tsukushi-class survey ship (筑紫型測量艦,, Tsukushi-gata sokuryōkan) was a class of auxiliary ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. The class consists of two subclasses, which this article handles collectively.
Background
Since the
In 1930, the IJN proposed two 1,600-ton survey ships (Project Number J6) to the Ministry of Finance, but were unable to pass assessments. In 1937, IJN was finally able to get a building budget for one 1,400-ton survey ship. This is Project Number J11, later named Tsukushi.
Design
IJN gave her armament and maneuverability similar to that of
Service
Tsukushi was completed on 17 December 1941, and was assigned to the
On 20 May 1943, she was assigned to the 8th Fleet, sailed to Rabaul on 6 June, afterward she served in the Solomon Islands. On 3 November, she departed from Rabaul for rescue the Tei-4 Convoy. However she entered minefield off Kavieng; she struck a magnetic mine and sunk on 4 November. She was removed from the naval ship list on 5 January 1944.
A second ship of the class, Miho, was canceled on 5 May 1944.
Ships in classes
Tsukushi class
- Project number J11. Only one vessel was built under the Maru 3 Programme.
Ship # | Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
56 | Tsukushi (筑紫) | Mitsubishi, Yokohama Shipyard | 17 January 1940 | 29 November 1940 | 17 December 1941 | Struck a magnetic mine and sunk off Kavieng on 4 November 1943. |
Miho class
- Project number J11C. Only one vessel was planned under the Kai-Maru 5 Programme, however, she became only a paper plan.
Ship # | Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
5418 | Miho (三保) | Canceled on 5 May 1944.[6] |
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Ships of the World special issue Vol.47 Auxiliary Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Kaijinsha, (Japan), March 1997
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.34, Japanese Auxiliary ships, Ushio Shobō (Japan), December 1979
- Senshi Sōsho Vol.31, Naval armaments and war preparation (1), "Until November 1941", Asagumo Simbun (Japan), November 1969
- Senshi Sōsho Vol.88, Naval armaments and war preparation (2), "And after the outbreak of war", Asagumo Simbun (Japan), October 1975
- "The Society of Naval Architects of Japan". (SNAJ), Histories of shipbuilding in Shōwa period (1), "Hara Shobō". (Japan), September 1977