Japanese minelayer Yaeyama

	Yaeyama during trials, 1932
History
Japan
Name	Yaeyama
Ordered	fiscal 1927
Builder	Kure Naval Arsenal
Laid down	2 August 1930
Launched	13 October 1931
Commissioned	31 August 1932
Stricken	10 November 1944
Fate	Sunk in action, 24 September 1944
General characteristics
Type	minelayer
Displacement	1,135 long tons (1,153 t) standard, 1380 tons normal
Length	85.5 m (281 ft) pp,; 89 m (292 ft) waterline;
Beam	10.65 m (34 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.84 m (9 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft steam engine, 2 boilers, 4,800 hp (3,600 kW)
Speed	20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 14 knots
Complement	180
Armament	2 × 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval guns; 2 × Type 93 13 mm AA Guns; 185 × Type 6 naval mines;
Armour	none

Yaeyama (八重山) was a small minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II primarily as an escort vessel. She was named after the Yaeyama Islands in the Ryukyu Islands chain. She was the first Japanese warship built with an all-welded hull.

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