Japanese landing ship No. 1

	No. 1 on sea trials, 2 May 1944
Empire of Japan
Name	No. 1
Builder	Kure Naval Arsenal
Laid down	5 November 1943
Launched	8 February 1944
Completed	10 May 1944
Fate	Sunk by American bombers, 27 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	No.1-class landing ship
Displacement	1,500 tons (standard)
Length	315 m (1,033 ft) overall
Beam	33.1 m (109 ft)
Draught	11.75 m (38.5 ft)
Installed power	2 water-tube boilers; 9,500 shp (7,100 kW);
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 geared steam turbine
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	4 × Daihatsu landing craft
Capacity	7 × Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tanks; 2 × Kō-hyōteki-class submarines;
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × Type 22 search radar; 1 × Type 93 sonar; 1 × 4 Type 93 hydrophone;
Armament	1 × twin 127 mm (5 in) DP gun; 3 × triple, 1 × twin, 4 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns; 4 × throwers for 42 depth charges;

No. 1 was a No.1-class landing ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific War. Completed in early 1944, the ship was used as a convoy escort on one successful mission to resupply Imperial Japanese Army units on Saipan. On the return trip, No. 1 was badly damaged by American aircraft and towed to Palau. Redesignated as an anti-aircraft ship, she was sunk by American bombers in July 1944.

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