1-go
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 第1号海防特務艦 [1-go] | Kawanami, Uranosaki | 1945 | 6.1945 | --- | foundered incomplete 19.9.1945 | ||
| 第2号海防特務艦 [2-go] | Kawanami, Uranosaki | 1945 | 6.1945 | --- | foundered incomplete 19.9.1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
278 |
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Displacement full, t |
282 |
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Length, m |
46.0 pp 48.5 wl 51.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.40 |
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Draught, m |
2.36 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
800 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
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| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 5-shiki, 6 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60 DCT or (4 DCT and 2 Kaiten human torpedes)) |
| Electronic equipment | 3-shiki 1-go radar, 3-shiki sonar |
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Complement |
Project history: Light escorts, completed as Kaiten carriers as part of anti-invasion plan. Built under 1943-1944 programme (Nos 1851-1870) and had steel hulls. Nos1853-1870 were never laid down and cancelled. Both incomplete ships were foundered 19.9.1945 at Uranosaki after they sprang a leaks.
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