Itsukushima 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 厳島 [Itsukushima] | Uraga, Tokyo | 2.1928 | 22.5.1929 | 12.1929 | sunk 7.10.1944 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1970 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2408 |
|
Length, m |
100.0 pp 104.0 wl 107.5 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.8 |
|
Draught, m |
3.22 |
|
No of shafts |
3 |
|
Machinery |
3 MAN diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
3000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
17 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 295 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000(10) |
|
Armament |
3 x 1 - 140/50 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 300 mines or nets, 2 DCT (2) |
| Electronic equipment | OV-gata hydrophone |
|
Complement |
235 |
Project history: Built under the 1923 programme. On ship design big effect has rendered by British cruiser-minelayer Adventure. Itsukushima became first large Japanese ship with diesel machinery. She was fitted with closed mine deck with four mine rails for 250-300 big or 500 small mines and can also lay antisubmarine nets.
Modernizations: 1938: - 2 x 1 - 76/40; + 2 x 1 - 47/30 Yamaguchi, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76
1941: - 2 x 1 - 47/30, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76; + 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki
1944: + 6 x 1 - 13.2/76, mine capacity was increased to 400 mines; standard displacement was 2330 t.
Naval service: Itsukushima was sunk 7.10.1944 in Java Sea by Dutch submarine Zvaardvis.
Itsukushima
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