Hayasui 1944
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
速吸 [Hayasui] | Harima, Aioi | 1.2.1943 | 25.12.1943 | 24.4.1944 | sunk 19.8.1944 |
Displacement standard, t |
18300 |
Displacement normal, t |
20000 |
Length, m |
153.0 pp 157.3 wl |
Breadth, m |
20.1 |
Draught, m |
8.84 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 set geared steam turbines, 2 Kampon boilers |
Power, h. p. |
9500 |
Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
Fuel, t |
oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 127/40 89-shiki, 6 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 catapult, 6 seaplanes (E7K, E8N, F1M, E13A, A6M-N, E15K, N1K, E16A) |
Complement |
Project history: Built under 1941 War Programme, served as fast fleet tanker and seaplane carrier. Second ship, No307, was cancelled. Building of 7 modified ships of Tamano class (Tamano, Shiomi, Takahama, Oshu, Uma, Ryumai, Shiose; 15600/17500t, 17kts, 2x2-127/40, 14 seaplanes) never started.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Hayasui was sunk by American submarine Bluefish 19.8.1944 80nm NW of Cape Bolinao, Luzon.
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