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OJR1 submarine chasers (1941-1942)
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Ships
| Names | Builders | Completed | Losses | Transfers | Discarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OJR1 - 6 H7, 8 |
Higgins, New Orleans, USA: OJR1 - 6, H7, 8 |
12/1941: OJR1 - 4 2/1942: OJR5, 6 8/1942: H7, 8 |
OJR1 (2.3.1942), OJR2 (2.3.1942), OJR3 (2.3.1942), OJR4 (2.3.1942), OJR5 (2.3.1942), OJR6 (2.3.1942) |
None |
1/1946: H7, 8 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 48 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 21.3 |
| Breadth, m | 5.02 |
| Draught, m | 1.42 deep load |
| No of shafts | OJR1 - 6: 4 H7, 8: 2 |
| Machinery | OJR1-6: 4 petrol engines H7, 8: 2 petrol engines |
| Power, h. p. | 2600 |
| Max speed, kts | 24 |
| Fuel, t | petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | OJR1 - 6: 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 DCR (16) H7, 8: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 DCT (16) |
| Electronic equipment | presumably QCU sonar |
| Complement | 12 |
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Project history
Ordered for service in the Dutch East Indies, built by Higgins in New Orleans in MTB hulls, but with less powerful motors and replacement of torpedoes by anti-submarine armaments. Boats were transferred to Surabaya onboard of merchant vessels (last two carried, OJR5 and 6, were never commissioned).
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
One of them (OJR1 or OJR4) was raised by Japanese and commissioned by IJN as auxiliary chaser Cha111, she was lost 8.4.1945.
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