Hai Wei 1941
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
海王 [Hai Wei] (ex-樫 [Kashi]) | Maizuru K K, Japan | 3.1916 | 1.12.1916 | 3.1917 // 5.1937 | to Japan 6.1942 (鴈 [Kari]) |
Displacement normal, t |
835 |
Displacement full, t |
1080 |
Length, m |
83.8 pp 85.6 wl |
Breadth, m |
7.70 |
Draught, m |
2.30 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets Curtis geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers |
Power, h. p. |
7000 |
Max speed, kts |
15 |
Fuel, t |
oil 304 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 2400(10) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/40 41-shiki, some MGs, DCs |
Complement |
110 |
Project history: Former Japanese torpedo boat Kashi
of Momo class, transferred to Manchukuo as patrol ship, without TTs and
with changed artillery (originally carried 3 120mm/45 guns and 2 triple 450mm TTs).
In this time because of machinery deterioration speed has fallen from initial 31.5 to 15
kts. Authentic data about new armament structure is absent; probably, except 2 120mm
guns, Hai Wei carried some MGs and DCs.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In 1942, owing to heavy ships losses, Japanese returned the ship to themselves and commissioned her as Kaii. She was sunk 10.10.1944 at Okinawa by American carrier aircraft.
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