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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

UJISHIMA coastal minesweepers (1943-1945/1955-1959)

Ujishima 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
うじしま [Ujishima] (ex-Condor, ex-YMS192) MSC655   Greenport Basin, USA 9.1942 5.12.1942 6.1943 // 3.1955 returned 3.1967
えたじま [Etajima] (ex-Firecrest, ex-YMS231) MSC656   Frank L. Sample, Boothbay Harbor, USA 10.1942 3.4.1943 8.1943 // 3.1955 returned 3.1967
ぬわじま [Nuwajima] (ex-Heron, ex-YMS369) MSC657   Wheeler, Brooklyn, USA 1.1943 24.7.1943 10.1943 // 3.1955 returned 3.1967
やくしま [Yakushima] (ex-Osprey, ex-YMS422) MSC658   Astoria Marine, USA 10.1943 1.6.1944 9.1944 // 3.1955

deleted 6.1969

おぎしま [Ogishima] (ex-Pelican, ex-YMS441) MSC659   Robert Jacob, New York, USA 11.1943 13.11.1944 2.1945 // 4.1955 returned 4.1968
ゆげしま [Yugeshima] (ex-Swallow, ex-YMS461) MSC660   Stadium, Cleveland, USA 6.1943 8.1.1944 6.1944 // 4.1955 returned 5.1968
ゆりしま [Yurishima] (ex-Chatterer, ex-YMS415) MSC661   Stadium, Cleveland, USA 10.1943 15.4.1944 10.1944 // 4.1955 returned 1967
もろしま [Ninoshima] (ex-Lark, ex-YMS376) MSC662   Greenport Basin, USA 1.1943 13.3.1943 8.1943 // 2.1955 discarded 1967
にのしま [Moroshima] (ex-Hummer, ex-YMS372) MSC663   Weaver, Orange, USA 12.1942 23.12.1943 3.1944 // 1.1959 discarded 1967

 

Displacement standard, t

270

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

39.6 wl 41.5 oa

Breadth, m

7.47

Draught, m

2.36 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

SO or SU radar

Complement

60

Project history: Former USN YMS class coastal minesweepers, transferred under MDAP. All had one funnel, except Yugesima without funnel.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016