Kinesaki-class food supply ship

Class overview

Name:	Kinesaki-class food supply ship
Builders:	Ōsaka Iron Works Hitachi Zōsen Corporation
Operators:	Imperial Japanese Navy Republic of China Navy Soviet Navy Government of Japan
Cost:	1,574,000 JPY in 1939^[1] 2,110,000 JPY in 1940^[2] 2,928,000 JPY in 1942^[3]
Built:	1940–1943
In commission:	1940–1945 (Imperial Japanese Navy) 1947–1970 (Republic of China Navy)
Planned:	11
Completed:	4
Cancelled:	7
Lost:	1
Retired:	3
General characteristics
Displacement:	910 long tons (925 t) standard 950 long tons (965 t) trial
Length:	62.29 m (204 ft 4 in) overall
Beam:	9.40 m (30 ft 10 in)
Draught:	3.11 m (10 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Kampon Mk. 23A Model 8 diesels 2 shafts, 1,600 bhp
Speed:	15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Range:	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Capacity:	Kinesaki, 1940 82 tons frozen food 57.7 tons fresh water Hayasaki, 1942 85 tons frozen food 71.7 tons fresh water
Complement:	67
Armament:	Kinesaki, 1940 1 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 AA gun 2 × 13 mm AA guns 8 × depth charges

The Kinesaki class food supply ship (杵埼型給糧艦, Kinesaki-gata kyūryōkan) was a class of four reefer ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during and after World War II. Eleven vessels were planned under the Maru 4 Programme, Maru Rin Programme (Ship #261–263) and Kai-Maru 5 Programme (Ship #5401–5407), however, only four vessels were completed.

Construction

In 1939, the IJN planned two food supply ships for China Area Fleet under the Maru 4 Programme. One was the 600 ton type Nosaki (initial named Support ship No. 4007), the other the 1,000 ton type Kinesaki (initial named Support ship No. 4006). The Navy then ordered several more ships to the design of the Kinesaki; these became the Hayasaki, Shirasaki and Arasaki. The Navy intended to order several more ships of this design by 1942, but Japan's worsening situation in the war by this stage led to the abandonment of these plans.

Service

The Kinesaki served in the Central Pacific Area, the Hayasaki in the Southwest Area, the Shirasaki in the Northeast Area, and the Arasaki in the Southeast Area. They also undertook convoy escort operations. The Kinesaki was sunk on March 1945, while the other ships of the class survived the war.

Ships in class

Ship #	Ship	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	Kinesaki (杵埼) (ex-Nanshin 南進) (ex-Support ship No. 4006)	Ōsaka Iron Works, Sakurajima Factory	7 March 1940 as Support ship No. 4006	27 June 1940	30 September 1940	Renamed Nanshin on 25 October 1940. Renamed Kinesaki on 1 April 1942. Sunk by air raid at Amami Ōshima on 1 March 1945.
261	Hayasaki (早埼)	Ōsaka Iron Works, Sakurajima Factory	2 December 1941	21 May 1942	31 August 1942	Decommissioned on 5 October 1945. Surrendered to Soviet Union on 3 October 1947 at Nakhodka.
262	Shirasaki (白埼)	Ōsaka Iron Works, Sakurajima Factory	18 May 1942	5 November 1942	30 January 1943	Decommissioned on 5 October 1945. Surrendered to Republic of China on 3 October 1947 at Qingdao, renamed Wu Ling (AKL-311). Decommissioned on 1 May 1970.
263	Arasaki (荒埼)	Hitachi Zōsen, Sakurajima Factory	10 November 1942	27 February 1943	29 May 1943	Decommissioned on 5 October 1945. Surrendered to United States on 3 October 1947 at Qingdao, sold to Japan that same day. Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and renamed Umitaka Maru (海鷹丸) in April 1948. Sold to Philippines in April 1967.
5401 5402 5403 5404 5405 5406 5407	Kiyosaki (清埼) Ōsaki (大埼) Hesaki (部埼) Kashizaki (樫埼) Kuresaki (呉埼) Misaki (三埼) Fujisaki (藤埼)					Cancelled on 5 May 1944.^[4]

Photo

Arasaki in May 1943 at Osaka Bay.

Footnotes

↑ Senshi Sōsho Vol. 31 (1969), p. 804.
↑ Senshi Sōsho Vol. 31 (1969), p. 805.
↑ Senshi Sōsho Vol. 88 (1975), p. 37.
↑ Senshi Sōsho Vol. 88 (1975), p. 95.

Bibliography

"Rekishi Gunzō". , History of the Pacific War Vol. 51 The truth histories of the Japanese Naval Vessels part-2, Gakken (Japan), 2005, ISBN 4-05-604083-4.
The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No. 34 Japanese Auxiliary ships, Ushio Shobō (Japan), 1979.
Shizuo Fukui, Collection of writings by Sizuo Fukui Vol. 10, "Stories of Japanese Support Vessels", Kōjinsha (Japan), 1993, ISBN 4-7698-0658-2.
Senshi Sōsho Vol. 31, Naval armaments and war preparation (1), "Until November 1941", Asagumo Simbun (Japan), 1969.
Senshi Sōsho Vol. 88, Naval armaments and war preparation (2), "And after the outbreak of war", Asagumo Simbun (Japan), 1975.

Japanese auxiliary ship classes of World War II

Colliers and oilers	Notoro Ondo Sunosaki Ashizuri Kazahaya^S Hayasui^S Hario^S Muroto Teiyō Maru^S Ōse (ex-Dutch tanker Genota)^SC

Food supply ships	Mamiya^S Nosaki^S Kinesaki Irako^S Kurasaki^SC

Landing ships	No.1 No.101 Shinshū Maru^S (Army) SS (Army)

Armed merchant cruisers	Aikoku Maru^S Kongō Maru^S Noshiro Maru^S

Minelayers and cable layer	Tokiwa^SC Itsukushima^S Yaeyama^S Okinoshima^S Tsugaru^S Minoo^SC Shirataka^S Hatsutaka Tsubame Natsushima (1933) Sokuten (1938) Hirashima Ajiro^S Kamishima Hashima Sokuten (1913) Aux. No.1 Aux. No.101 (ex-HMS Barlight)^SC

Minesweepers	No.1 (1923) No.5 (1928) No.13 No.17 No.7 (1938) No.19 No.101 (ex-HMS Taitam and HMS Waglan)^C Aux. No.1 Aux. No.101 (ex-HNLMS DEFG-class) Aux. No.104 (ex-HNLMS DEFG-class)

Patrol boats	No.1^C No.31^C No.46^SC No.101 (ex-HMS Thracian)^SC No.102 (ex-USS Stewart)^SC No.103 (ex-USS Finch)^SC No.104 (ex-Dutch East Indies Valk and Arend)^C No.105 (ex-Philippine customs Arayat)^SC No.106 (ex-HNLMS Banckert)^SCI No.107 (ex-USS Genesee)^SC No.109 (ex-Dutch East Indies Fazant)^SC Aux. No.1

Repair ships	Asahi^SC Akashi^S Hayase (ex-Chinese passenger Chin Kiang)^SC Hitonose (ex-ROCN Min Sheng)^SC

Seaplane tenders	Notoro Kamoi^SC Chitose Mizuho^S Nisshin^S Akitsushima^S Kamikawa Maru

Submarine chasers	No.1 No.3^S No.4 No.13 No.28 No.60 Aux. No.1 Aux. No.101 (ex-HNLMS Tjerimai)^SC Aux. No.102 (ex-HNLMS Ardjoeno class)^C Aux. No.103 (ex-HNLMS B1 class)^C Aux. No.111 (ex-HNLMS P13 or P14)^SC Aux. No.112 (ex-HNLMS A class)^C Aux. No.117 (ex-HNLMS Bantam)^C Aux. No.251 Aux. No.253^S

Submarine tenders	Komahashi^SC Jingei Taigei^S

Survey ships	Tsukushi^S Katsuriki^SC Hakusa (ex-China customs Fu Hsing)^SC

Target ships	Settsu^SC Yakaze^SC Hakachi^S Ōhama^S

Training ships	Fuji^SC Shikishima^SC Asama^SC Azuma^SC Kasuga^SC Atada (ex-ROCN Yat Sen)^SC

Others	Sōya (freighter)^SC Kashino (turret transporter)^S Ōtomari (icebreaker)^S Tategami (salvage tug) Kasashima (salvage tug) Miura (salvage tug) Kaiyō No.1 (oceanographic research ship) Asuka (traffic ship, ex-ROCN Yung Chien)^SC

S Single ship of class C Converted to ship type I Incomplete until the end of war

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