NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
猿島 [Sarushima]			Mitsubishi, Yokohama	3.1933	16.12.1933	7.1934	sunk 4.7.1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	566
Displacement full, t	585
Length, m	67.0 pp 70.0 wl
Breadth, m	7.49
Draught, m	1.85
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	2100
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4640(14)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 120 mines or net or mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement

Standard scale images

Project history

Built under 1st Supplementary program of 1931. Slightly increased version of Nasami with higher endurance. Carried antisubmarine nets and minesweeping equipment.

Modernizations

1943 - 1944: - mine capacity; + 4 DCT (36), 93-shiki hydrophone or 0-shiki sonar

Naval service

Sarushima was sunk 4.7.1944 at coast of Japan by US carrier aircraft.