Soya 1956
Soya 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| そうや [Soya] (ex-Chiryo Maru) | PL107 | Kawaminami, Koyakijima | 1936 | 16.2.1938 | 7.1938 // 1956 | discarded 1978 |
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Displacement standard, t |
3800 |
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Displacement full, t |
2224BRT |
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Length, m |
78.4 pp |
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Breadth, m |
12.8 |
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Draught, m |
6.18 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1597 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.4 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 41-shiki, 2 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 DCT (10) |
| Electronic equipment | radar |
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Complement |
Project history: Former freighter, ordered by Soviet Union but bought on the stocks and requisitioned by the IJN in 1939 for service as ammunition ship. After the war she served as repatriation ship and since 1948 under the MSA flag as a lighthouse supply ship and navigational aid vessel.
Modernizations: 1958: re-engined (4365/4818t, 79.1x15.8x5.76m, 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 4800hp, 12.5kts, 10000(12), complement 96); + 4 helicopters
Naval service: In 1956 Soya was converted to Antarctic Research Ship and in 1963 reclassified as patrol vessel.
Soya 1970
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