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EK-32 guard ships (1944 - 1946 / 1947)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ЭК-32 [EK-32] (ex-第34号海防艦 [34-go])     Ishikawajima, Tokyo, Japan   1944 11.1944 // 5.7.1947 target 11.1954
ЭК-33 [EK-33] (ex-第196号海防艦 [196-go]), 12.1954- Тургай [Turgay]     Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan   26.2.1945 3.1945 // 5.7.1947 despatch vessel 11.1954, stricken 3.1958
ЭК-36 [EK-36] (ex-第52号海防艦 [52-go]), 12.1954- Нарын [Naryn]     Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan   7.8.1944 9.1944 // 29.7.1947 despatch vessel 11.1954, stricken 3.1958
ЭК-37 [EK-37] (ex-第78号海防艦 [78-go]), 12.1954- Мургаб [Murgab]     Nihonkai, Toyama?, Japan   24.3.1945 4/1946 // 29.7.1947 despatch vessel 11.1954, stricken 3.1958
ЭК-38 [EK-38] (ex-第142号海防艦 [142-go]), 6.1949- Архара [Arkhara], 11.1954- СКР-48 [SKR-48]     Nihonkai, Toyama?, Japan   8.5.1945 1946 // 29.7.1947 target 7.1948, despatch vessel 6.1949, guard ship 11.1954, to China 2.1955 (...)
ЭК-42 [EK-42] (ex-第48号海防艦 [48-go]), 6.1949- Абакан [Abakan]     Fujinagata, Osaka, Japan   1944 5.1945 // 28.8.1947 target 7.1948, despatch vessel 6.1949, stricken 6.1959
ЭК-44 [EK-44] (ex-第76号海防艦 [76-go]), 11.1954- СКР-49 [SKR-49]     Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan 1944 18.11.1944 2.1945 // 28.8.1947 target 7.1948, guard ship 11.1954, to China 6.1955 (...)
ЭК-46 [EK-46] (ex-第102号海防艦 [102-go])     Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan   4.12.1944 1.1945 // 28.8.1947 target 7.1948


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

740

Displacement full, t

940

Length, m

65.0 pp 68.0 wl 69.5 oa

Breadth, m

8.60

Draught, m

3.05

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set Kampon geared steam turbines, 2 Kampon boilers

Power, h. p.

2500

Max speed, kts

17.5

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts)4500(14)
Armament

2 x 1 - 120/45 10-shiki, 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 1 - 81/12 ASW mortar, 12 DCT (120)

Electronic equipment2-shiki 2-go radar, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone
Complement

160



Standard scale images


<i>2-go</i> 1945
2-go 1945


Project history

Japanese D class escorts transferred by reparations.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.