Japanese minelayer Sarushima
Sarushima (猿島) was a small Natsushima-class minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during World War II. She was named after Sarushima Island, a small island in Tokyo Bay, offshore Yokosuka, Kanagawa. She was designed as an auxiliary minelayer and escort vessel.
Sarushima in 1942 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Sarushima |
| Ordered | fiscal 1931 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Yokohama Shipyard |
| Laid down | March 28, 1933 |
| Launched | December 16, 1933 |
| Commissioned | July 20, 1934 |
| Stricken | September 10, 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk in action, July 4, 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | minelayer |
| Displacement | 565.6 long tons (575 t) standard, 582.7 tons normal |
| Length |
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| Beam | 7.49 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft diesel engine, 2 boilers, 2,100 hp (1,600 kW) |
| Speed | 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Range | 4,639 nmi (8,591 km) at 14.4 knots |
| Complement | 94 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | none |
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