Japanese gunboat Saga
Saga (嵯峨) was a river gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, that operated on the Yangtze River and in coastal waters of China during the 1930s, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
Japanese gunboat Saga in 1915 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Saga |
| Ordered | 1911 |
| Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan |
| Laid down | 7 January 1912 |
| Launched | 27 September 1912 |
| Completed | 8 November 1912 |
| Commissioned | 18 November 1912 |
| Out of service | Sunk 22 January 1945 |
| Stricken | 20 March 1945 |
| Fate | Destroyed 22 January 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | River gunboat |
| Displacement | 780 long tons (793 t) normal |
| Length | 64 metres (210 ft) |
| Beam | 8.99 metres (29.5 ft) |
| Draught | 2.31 metres (7.6 ft). |
| Propulsion | 3-shaft reciprocating VTE engines; 2 boilers; 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) |
| Speed | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 98 |
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