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"Improved A" escorts (ETOROFU) (1943 - 1945)


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  Etorofu 1943  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
択捉 [Etorofu]     Hitachi, Sakurajima 3.1942 29.1.1943 5.1943 surrendered 8.1945, to USA 8.1947, BU
隠岐 [Oki]     Uraga, Tokyo 2.1942 20.12.1942 3.1943 surrendered 8.1945, to China 7.1947 (固安 [Ku An])
佐渡 [Sado]     Tsurumi, Yokohama 2.1942 28.11.1942 3.1943 sunk 22.8.1944
松輪 [Matsuwa]     Mitsui, Tamano 2.1942 19.4.1942 3.1943 sunk 22.8.1944
福江 [Fukue]     Uraga, Tokyo 10.1942 2.4.1943 6.1943 surrendered 8.1945, to United Kingdom 1947, BU
対馬 [Tsushima]     Tsurumi, Yokohama 6.1942 20.3.1943 7.1943 surrendered 8.1945, to China 7.1947 (臨安 [Ling An])
六連 [Mutsure]     Hitachi, Sakurajima 7.1942 10.4.1943 7.1943 sunk 2.9.1943
若宮 [Wakamiya]     Mitsui, Tamano 7.1942 19.4.1943 8.1943 sunk 23.11.1943
干珠 [Kanju]     Uraga, Tokyo 4.1943 7.8.1943 10.1943 sunk 15.8.1945
平戸 [Hirado]     Hitachi, Sakurajima 11.1942 30.6.1943 9.1943 sunk 12.9.1944
天草 [Amakusa]     Hitachi, Sakurajima 4.1943 31.9.1943 11.1943 sunk 9.8.1945
満珠 [Manju]     Mitsui, Tamano 7.1943 30.11.1943 1.1945 damaged 3.4.1945, never repaired
笠戸 [Kasado]     Uraga, Tokyo 8.1943 9.12.1943 2.1944 damaged 22.6.1945, repair incomplete
壱岐 [Iki]     Mitsui, Tamano 5.1942 5.2.1943 5.1943 sunk 24.5.1944


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

870

Displacement full, t

1020

Length, m

72.5 pp 76.2 wl 77.7 oa

Breadth, m

9.10

Draught, m

3.05

No of shafts

2

Machinery

diesels

Power, h. p.

4200

Max speed, kts

19.7

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

8000(16)

Armament

Etorofu, Oki, Sado, Matsuwa, Fukue, Tsushima, Mutsure, Iki: 3 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 6 DCT (36), mechanical minesweeping gear

Wakamiya, Hirado, Amakusa, Manju, Kasado: 3 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 1 - 81/12 97-shiki ASW mortar, 6 DCT (60)

Manju: 3 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 5 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 1 - 81/12 97-shiki ASW mortar, 6 DCT (60)

Electronic equipment

2-shiki 2-go radar, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone

Manju: 2-shiki 2-go, 3-shiki 1-go radars, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone

Complement

147



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<i>Etorofu</i> 1943
Etorofu 1943


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  <i>Etorofu</i> 1943  
  Etorofu 1943  


Project history

Improved version of Shimushu built under 5th Supplementary programme of 1941. Main differences from previous design became strengthened anti-submarine armament and changed stem form.

Modernizations

late 1943, Etorofu, Oki, Sado, Matsuwa, Fukue, Tsushima, Iki: - sweeps; + 1 x 1 - 81/12 ASW mortar, DC stowage was increased to 60.

late 1944, Etorofu, Oki, Fukue, Tsushima, Amakusa, Kasado: - 2 x 2 - 25/60; + 5 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 3-shiki 1-go radar

late 1944, Kanju: - 1 x 1 - 120/45; + 5 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 3-shiki 1-go radar