Kamome 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 鴎 [Kamome] | Osaka Zosen | 10.1928 | 27.4.1929 | 8.1929 | sunk 27.4.1944 | ||
| 燕 [Tsubame] | Mitsubishi, Yokohama | 9.1928 | 24.4.1929 | 7.1929 | sunk 1.3.1945 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
450 |
|
Displacement full, t |
557 |
|
Length, m |
63.0 pp 65.5 wl 68.8 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
7.20 |
|
Draught, m |
2.10 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Kampon boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
2500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 45 + oil 35 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 120 mines or nets |
| Electronic equipment | OV-gata hydrophone |
|
Complement |
56 |
Project history: Built under the 1923 programme, were originally designed as coastal minelayers.
Modernizations: 1943 - 1944, both: - mine capacity; + 4 DCT (36)
Naval service: Kamome 27.4.1944 was sunk at coast of Japan by US submarine Halibut. Tsubame 19.6.1943 was damaged by US submarine Gunnel, 1.3.1945 she was sunk at coast of Japan by US carrier aircraft.
Tsubame 1930
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