Kuri 1941
31-go 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 樅 [Momi] | Yokosuka K K | 1919 | 10.6.1919 | 12.1919 | hulk 4.1932 | ||
| 榧 [Kaya] | Yokosuka K K | 1919 | 10.6.1919 | 3.1920 | stricken 1939 | ||
| 楡 [Nire], 12.1944- 第1泊浦 [Tomariura 1-go] | Kure K K | 1919 | 22.12.1919 | 3.1920 | depot ship 1940, TS 12.1944, surrendered 8.1945, BU 8.1948 | ||
| 梨 [Nashi] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 1919 | 26.8.1919 | 12.1919 | stricken 1939 | ||
| 竹 [Take] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 1919 | 26.8.1919 | 12.1919 | tender 1940 | ||
| 柿 [Kaki], 2.1945- 大須 [Osu] | Uraga, Tokyo | 1919 | 20.10.1919 | 8.1920 | tender 1940, TS 2.1945, surrendered 8.1945, BU 1947 | ||
| 栗 [Kuri] | Kure K K | 12/1919 | 19.3.1920 | 4/1920 | surrendered 9.1945, sunk 8.10.1945 | ||
| 栂 [Tsuga] | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 3/1919 | 17.4.1920 | 7.1920 | sunk 15.1.1945 | ||
| 藤 [Fuji], 1939- 第36号哨戒艇 [36-go] | Fujinagata, Osaka | 12/1919 | 27.11.1920 | 5.1921 | patrol escort 1939, damaged 17.5.1945, never repaired | ||
| 菊 [Kiku], 1939- 第31号哨戒艇 [31-go] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 1/1920 | 13.10.1920 | 12.1920 | patrol escort 1939, sunk 30.3.1944 | ||
| 葵 [Aoi], 1939- 第32号哨戒艇 [32-go] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 4/1920 | 9.11.1920 | 12.1920 | patrol escort 1939, sunk 23.12.1941 | ||
| 萩 [Hagi], 1939- 第33号哨戒艇 [33-go] | Uraga, Tokyo | 2/1920 | 29.10.1920 | 4.1921 | patrol escort 1939, sunk 23.12.1941 | ||
| 薄 [Susuki], 1939- 第34号哨戒艇 [34-go] | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 5/1920 | 21.2.1921 | 5.1921 | patrol escort 1939, sunk 3.7.1944 | ||
| 葦 [Ashi], 12.1944- 第2泊浦 [Tomariura 2-go] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 1921 | 3.9.1921 | 10.1921 | tender 1940, TS 12.1944, surrendered 8.1945, BU 1947 | ||
| 蔦 [Tsuta], 1939- 第35号哨戒艇 [35-go] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 10/1920 | 9.5.1921 | 6.1921 | patrol escort 1939, sunk 2.9.1943 | ||
| 蕨 [Warabi] | Fujinagata, Osaka | 1921 | 28.9.1921 | 12.1921 | collision 24.8.1927 | ||
| 蓮 [Hasu] | Uraga, Tokyo | 3/1921 | 8.12.1921 | 7.1922 | damaged 16.1.1945, never repaired | ||
| 菱 [Hishi], 1939- 第37号哨戒艇 [37-go] | Uraga, Tokyo | 11/1920 | 9.5.1921 | 3.1922 | patrol escort 1939, CTL 24.1.1942 | ||
| 菫 [Sumire], 1944- 三高 [Mitaka] | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 1921 | 14.12.1921 | 3.1923 | tender 1940, TS 1944, surrendered 8.1945, BU 1948 | ||
| 蓬 [Yomogi], 1939- 第38号哨戒艇 [38-go] | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 2/1921 | 14.3.1922 | 8.1922 | patrol escort 1939, sunk 25.11.1944 | ||
| 蕨 [Tade], 1939- 第39号哨戒艇 [39-go] | Fujinagata, Osaka | 12/1920 | 15.3.1922 | 7.1922 | patrol escort 1939, sunk 23.4.1943 |
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Displacement normal, t |
850 |
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Displacement full, t |
1020 |
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Length, m |
83.8 pp 85.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.90 |
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Draught, m |
2.40 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Kaki, Tsuga, Nire, Hagi, Susuki, Hishi, Hasu: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Kampon boilers Sumire, Yomogi: 2 sets Zoelly geared steam turbines, 3 Kampon boilers Momi, Kaya, Nashi, Take, Kuri, Fuji, Kiku, Aoi, Ashi, Tsuta, Warabi, Tade: 2 sets Curtis geared steam turbines, 3 Kampon boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
21500 |
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Max speed, kts |
36 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 240 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
3000(15) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 2 x 2 - 533 TT, 20 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
110 |
Project history: 2nd class destroyers. In total 21 ship under Programmes of 1918 (8 ships), 1919 (5 ships) and 1920 (8 ships) were built. Represented the further development of Momo class destroyers. Design was significantly modified: instead of triple 450mm TT twin 533mm were fitted, and as on Minekaze class, No1 TT was placed fwd from the bridge. Machinery, in comparison with a prototype, was more perfect and powerful, was fitted by a gearing, that together with transition to purely oil-firing has positively affected profitability. Artillery have not undergone changes and consisted of three 120mm/45 guns in single mounts with shields. Destroyers had minesweeping equipment and demountable mine rails.
Modernizations: 1939, 31 - 39-go: were converted to patrol escorts; 1 boiler was removed, maximal speed was 18kts with engine power 12000hp, displacement increased to 935 / 1162t; - 1 x 1 - 120/45 (No 3), 2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 2 x 2 - 533 TT; + 3 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 DCT (60), 93-shiki sonar (presumably)
1940, Nire, Taki, Kaki, Ashi, Sumire: were converted to tenders (depot ships); 1 boiler was removed maximal speed was 14kts and engine power 9000hp, standard displacement was 735t; - (1 - 2) x 1 - 120/45, 1 x 2 - 533 TT. They can also used as TS.
1941, 31-go: + 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki
1942 - 1943, 34 - 36-go, 38-go, 39-go: were converted to fast attack transports; DC stowage decreased to 18; + 1 14m Daihatsu landing craft, accommodation for 150 marines.
1942 - 1943, Tsuga, Kuri, Hasu: - minesweeping gear, mines; + 4 DCT (36), 93-shiki sonar (presumably)
1944-1945, most survived: + 3-shiki 1-go radar
Naval service: Warabi was lost 25.8.1927 as a result of collision with light cruiser Jintsu.
32-go (ex-Aoi) and 33-go (ex-Hagi) 23.12.1941 were sunk at Wake by fire of US coastal battery. 37-go (ex-Hishi) 24.1.1942 was hard damaged at Balikpapan by gunfire of US destroyers Pope and Parrott, ran aground, subsequently salvaged but was not under repair and handed over on demolition. 39-go (ex-Tade) 23.4.1943 was sunk NE off Formosa by US submarine Seawolf. 35-go (ex-Tsuta) 2.9.1943 was sunk at Lae (New Guinea) by US Army aircraft. 31-go (ex-Kiku) 30.3.1944 was sunk at Palau by US carrier aircraft of TF.58. 34-go (ex-Susuki) 6.3.1943 was hard damaged at collision with target ship Yakaze, 3.7.1944 she was sunk in harbour of Truk by US carrier aircraft. 38-go (ex-Yomogi) 25.11.1944 was sunk by US submarine Atule off Luzon. Tsuga was sunk 15.1.1945 in Pescadores area by US carrier aircraft of TF.38. 36-go (ex-Fuji) 17.5.1945 was hard damaged in Surabaya by British and US carrier aircraft, till the end of war repair was not completed. Hasu 16.1.1945 was damaged by US aircraft, till the end of war repair was not completed. Kuri already after an end of war was lost on a mine at Pusan (Korea) 8.10.1945.
Hishi 1925
35-go
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