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Kamishima 1945

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
神島 [Kamishima]			Sasebo K K		12.6.1945	7/1945	captured 8.1945, to Soviet Union 10.1947 (Катунь [Katun'])
粟島 [Awashima]			Sasebo K K	1945	1945	--- // 4.1946	never commissioned by IJN, to USA 10.1947, BU

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	766
Displacement normal, t	800
Length, m	69.5 pp 73.3 wl 74.5 oa
Breadth, m	7.85
Draught, m	2.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	diesels
Power, h. p.	1900
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 40/60 5-shiki, 3 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 7 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 120 mines, 4 DCT (36)
Electronic equipment	2-shiki 2-go, 3-shiki 1-go radars, 2x 3-shiki sonars, 93-shiki hydrophone
Complement	94

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Project history

Simplified version of Ajiro class, built under the 1943-44 programme, curvilinear surfaces whenever possible have been changed by the flat for building acceleration. Besides, machinery power was increased almost twice. In total it was supposed to built 20 ships, but orders on 7 (Nos 1803-1809) were cancelled and 13 ships of 1944/45 programme were never ordered.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

In 1947 Kamishima on reparation was transferred to the USSR. Awashima was completed after war in disarmed condition.