Yaeyama 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 八重山 [Yaeyama] | Kure K K | 8/1930 | 15.10.1931 | 8.1932 | sunk 24.9.1944 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1135 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1384 |
|
Length, m |
85.5 pp 89.0 wl 93.5 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.7 |
|
Draught, m |
2.84 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Kampon boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
4800 |
|
Max speed, kts |
20 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 278 + oil 164 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4800(10) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 185 mines or nets |
| Electronic equipment | OV-gata hydrophone |
|
Complement |
150 |
Project history: Built under the 1927 programme. Development of Shirataka. First Japanese all-welded warship. Besides mines, could carry antisubmarine nets.
Modernizations: 1943 - 1944: - mine capacity; + 4 DCT (36), 93-shiki hydrophone
Naval service: 1.2.1942 Yaeyama was damaged in Subik Bay (Philippines) by US MTB ÐÒ32, sunk 24.9.1944 at US by American carrier aircraft.
Yaeyama
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