Japanese gunboat Hashidate
 Hashidate in Osaka Bay, June 1940 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name: | Hashidate |
| Namesake: | Japanese cruiser Hashidate |
| Ordered: | 1937 |
| Builder: | Osaka Iron Works |
| Laid down: | February 20, 1939 |
| Launched: | December 23, 1939 |
| Completed: | June 30, 1940 |
| Struck: | July 10, 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk on May 22, 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | gunboat |
| Displacement: | 993 long tons (1,009 t) |
| Length: | 78.5 m (258 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 2.45 m (8 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: | >4,600 hp (3,400 kW) geared turbine |
| Speed: | 19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,500 nmi / 14 kn |
| Complement: | 158 |
| Armament: |
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Hashidate (橋立) was the lead vessel in the Hashidate-class gunboats in the Imperial Japanese Navy, that operated in China during the 1940s.
History
Hashidate was authorized under the Maru-3 Naval Expansion Budget of 1937. She was laid down at Osaka Iron Works on February 20, 1939 and launched on December 23, 1939, and was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as on June 30, 1940 .[1]
She was intended initially for support of combat operations by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War off the coast of China. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hashidate was assigned to the China Area Fleet as part of the 2nd China Expeditionary Fleet’s 15th Escort Group. With the start of the Pacific War, she was assigned to ”Operation C” – the invasion of Hong Kong.[2] She remained based from Hong Kong for most of the war. At some point in 1943, five additional Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns were added, along with depth charges in 1944.
On May 22, 1944, she was torpedoed by USS Picuda (SS-382) in the South China Sea south of the Pratas Islands while towing the crippled merchant passenger/cargo ship Tsukuba Maru at position 21°08′N 117°20′E / 21.133°N 117.333°ECoordinates: 21°08′N 117°20′E / 21.133°N 117.333°E.[3]
References
- Brown, David (1990). Warship Losses of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-914-X.
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
- Watts, Anthony J (1967). Japanese Warships of World War II. Doubleday. ASIN B000KEV3J8.
- Chesneau, Roger (1979). Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Materials of IJN". Imperial Japanese Navy.
- Nevitt, Allyn D. (1997). "IJN Hashidate: Tabular Record of Movement". Combinedfleet.com.
Notes
- ↑ Nishida, Hiroshi. "Materials of IJN". Imperial Japanese Navy.
- ↑ Nevitt, Allyn D. (1997). "IJN Hashidate: Tabular Record of Movement". Combinedfleet.com.
- ↑ Brown, David (1990). Warship Losses of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-914-X.