No.1-class submarine chaser (1943)

The No.1-class submarine chaser (第一号型駆潜特務艇,, Dai Ichi Gō-gata Kusen-Tokumutei) was a class of auxiliary submarine chasers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. 200 vessels were built under the Maru Kyū Programme (Ship # 500–599) and the Maru Sen Programme (Ship # 2001–2100).

No.1 class on 10 January 1945
Class overview
NameNo.1 class
Builders
  • Hull
  • Ichikawa Shipyard
  • Gōriki Shipyard
  • Koyanagi Shipyard
  • Saga Iron Works
  • Shikoku Dock Company
  • Jinen Iron Works
  • Tokushima Limited Sipyard
  • Nishii Shipyard
  • Hayashikane Heavy Industries
  • Fukuoka Iron Works
  • Fukushima Iron Works
  • Funaya Iron Works
  • Miho Shipyard
  • Murakami Shipyard
  • Yamanishi Iron Works
  • Yonago Shipyard
  • Fitted with armaments
  • Kure Naval Arsenal
  • Maizuru Naval Arsenal
  • Sasebo Naval Arsenal
  • Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Operators
Built1942–1945
In commission1943–1971
Planned200
Completed200
Lost81
Retired119
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine chaser
Displacement130 long tons (132 t) standard
Length29.20 m (95 ft 10 in) overall
Beam5.65 m (18 ft 6 in)
Draught1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 × intermediate diesel
  • shingle shaft, 400 bhp (300 kW)
Speed11.0 knots (20.4 km/h; 12.7 mph)
Range1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10.0 kn (18.5 km/h; 11.5 mph)
Complement32
Armament

Background

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In 1939 the Imperial Japanese Navy had two diesel-engined harbour tugs built, No.1182 and No.1183. (Other contemporary Japanese harbour tugs were powered by compound steam engines). They had wooden hulls and were designed so that they could be converted to fishing boats after hostilities ended.[1] The two tugs, which were completed in 1940,[2] formed the basis for a class of auxiliary subchasers.

The IJN evaluated them, confirmed that they were effective subchasers, and in 1941, ordered 100 vessels. Their wartime performance was good, but they were always troubled by insect damage because their hull was wooden. Those that survived the war played an active part in the sweeping of magnetic mines in company with the No.1-class auxiliary patrol boats.

Ships in class

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Maru Kyū Programme vessels. (Ship # 500–599):

Maru Sen Programme vessels. (Ship # 2001–2100)

 
No.169, No.173, No.99 and No.234 in 1946

References

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  1. ^ Jentschura et al 1977, p. 217.
  2. ^ Jentschura et al 1977, p. 267
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 221.
  4. ^ Toda, Gengoro S. "第一號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 1 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
  5. ^ Toda, Gengoro S. "第四號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 4 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
  6. ^ Hackett, Bob; Muehlthaler, Erich (2017). "RIKUGUN YUSOSEN: YAKUMO MARU: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. ^ Cressman, Robert (15 October 2016). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016. p. 29. ISBN 9781682471548.

Bibliography

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  • Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg, Dieter Jung and Peter Michel. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945, Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1977. ISBN 0-87021-893-X
  • Ships of the World special issue Vol.45, Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Kaijinsha, (Japan), February 1996
  • The Maru Special-Japanese Naval Vessels No.49, Japanese submarine chasers, Ushio Shobō (Japan), March 1981