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| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 第17号掃海艇 [17-go] | Hitachi, Sakurajima | 1/1935 | 3.8.1935 | 1.1936 | damaged 2.8.1945, never repaired | ||
| 第18号掃海艇 [18-go] | Mitsui, Tamano | 2.1935 | 19.9.1935 | 4.1936 | sunk 26.11.1944 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
578 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
707 |
|
Length, m |
67.3 pp 70.0 wl 72.5 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
7.85 |
|
Draught, m |
2.52 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets geared steam turbines, 2 Kampon boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
3200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal + oil |
| Endurance, nm | 2600(12) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, mechanical minesweeping gear |
|
Complement |
98 |
Project history: Built under 1st Supplementary programme of 1931. Should become 5th and 6th ships of W13 class but after incident with Tomozuru design has been redesigned, therefore these two ships significantly differed from predecessors. In particular, they had turbines instead of machines.
Modernizations: early 1944, both: - 2 x 1 - 13.2/76; + 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 3 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 DCT (36), magnetic minesweeping gear
late 1944, W17: + 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 3-shiki 1-go radar, 93-shiki hydrophone
Naval service: W18 was damaged S off Hainan 25.11.1944 by US Army aircraft and foundered next day. W17 was damaged 18.3.1945 by US submarine Springer, 2.8.1945 again hard damaged on a mine and was not under repair.
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