Nasami 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 那沙美 [Nasami] | Harima, Aioi | 1.1933 | 26.3.1934 | 9.1934 | sunk 1.4.1944 | ||
| 夏島 [Natsushima] | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 12.1931 | 24.3.1933 | 7.1933 | sunk 22.2.1944 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
450 |
|
Displacement full, t |
510 |
|
Length, m |
67.0 pp 70.0 wl |
|
Breadth, m |
7.50 |
|
Draught, m |
1.90 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
2300 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(10) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 120 mines or net or mechanical minesweeping gear |
|
Complement |
74 |
Project history: Built under 1st Supplementary programme of 1931. Development of Tsubame class, changes have concerned mostly machinery: instead of triple expansion steam engines on predecessors, Nasami class ships had diesels. Carried antisubmarine nets or minesweeping equipment.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Natsushima 22.2.1944 was sunk at New Ireland by US destroyers Charles Ausbume, Dyson and Stanly. Nasami 30.3.1944 was damaged in Rabaul by US carrier aircraft and in two days foundered from received damages.
Nasami
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