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  Awaji 1944 Many thanks to Yedyge Kakimzhanov for correction of the information on this page.  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
御蔵 [Mikura]			Tsurumi, Yokohama	10.1942	16.7.1943	10.1943	lost by unknown cause 2.5.1945
三宅 [Miyake]			Tsurumi, Yokohama	2.1943	30.8.1943	11.1943	damaged 21.8.1945, repair incomplete
淡路 [Awaji]			Hitachi, Sakurajima	6.1943	30.10.1943	2.1944	sunk 2.6.1944
倉橋 [Kurahashi]			Tsurumi, Yokohama	6.1943	15.10.1943	3.1944	surrendered 8.1945, to United Kingdom 9.1947, BU
能美 [Nomi]			Tsurumi, Yokohama	8.1943	3.12.1943	3.1944	sunk 15.4.1945
千振 [Chiburi]			Tsurumi, Yokohama	7.1943	30.11.1943	5.1944	sunk 12.1.1945
屋代 [Yashiro]			Hitachi, Sakurajima	11.1943	16.2.1944	6.1944	surrendered 8.1945, to China 8.1947 (正安 [Cheng An])
草垣 [Kusagaki]			Tsurumi, Yokohama	9.1943	12.1.1944	7.1944	sunk 7.8.1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	940
Displacement full, t	1020
Length, m	72.5 pp 77.5 wl 78.8 oa
Breadth, m	9.10
Draught, m	3.06
No of shafts	2
Machinery	diesels
Power, h. p.	4200
Max speed, kts	19.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(16)
Armament	1 x 2 - 120/45 10-shiki, 1 x 1 - 120/45 10-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 1 - 81/12 97-shiki ASW mortar, 12 DCT (120), mechanical minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	2-shiki 2-go radar, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone
Complement	150

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Project history

Built under 5th Supplementary programme of 1941, presented improved variant of Etorofu class ships. Unlike A type, armed with 120mm guns removed from old destroyers, Mikura class ships received dual-purpose guns of the same calibre in single and twin mounts. Also ASW armament have been strengthened.

Modernizations

late 1944, all survived: - 2 x 2 - 25/60; + 3 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 3-shiki 1-go radar

early 1945, all survived: - minesweeping gear; + 4 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki

mid-1945, all survived: + 2 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki or 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki