Hashima-class cable layer
{{Short description|Imperial Japanese cable-laying ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Japanese cable layer Hashima in 1940.jpg |Ship caption= Hashima on 25 October 1940 }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Hashima-class cable layer |Builders=*Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation |Operators=*{{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|Class before= |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost=1,760,000 JPYSenshi Sōsho Vol.31 (1969), p.804 |Built range=1939–1941 |In service range= |In commission range=1940–1968 |Reclassified= |Total ships building= |Total ships planned=4 |Total ships completed=4 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost=3 |Total ships retired=1 |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Cable layer |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement= {{convert|1560|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard |Ship length= {{convert|76.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} overall |Ship beam= {{convert|10.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|3.53|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship propulsion=*2 × triple expansion stages reciprocating engines
|Ship power= |Ship speed= {{convert|14.0|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |Ship range= {{convert|1000|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} |Ship boats= |Ship troops= |Ship complement= 109 |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*1 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun L/40 AA gun
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The {{nihongo|Hashima-class cable layers|初島型電纜敷設艇,|Hashima-gata Denran-Fusetsutei}} were the only class of purpose-built cable layers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. Four vessels were built in 1939–41 under the Maru 4 Programme.
Apart from laying communications cables, these ships were also designed as mine planters, for the installation of controlled mines in coastal fortifications.
Ships in class
Project number J21.
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| width="9%" | Ship | width="9%" bgcolor= | Builder | width="9%" bgcolor= | Laid downSenshi Sōsho Vol.31 (1969), p.806 | width="9%" bgcolor= | Launched | width="9%" bgcolor= | Completed | width="25%" bgcolor= | Fate | |
{{nihongo|{{ship|Japanese cable layer|Hashima | 2}}|初島}} ex-Hatsushima | 15 October 1939 | 10 April 1940 | 25 October 1940 | Renamed Hashima on 25 October 1940. Sunk by {{USS|Sennet|SS-408|6}} off Owase {{coord|33|58|N|136|17|E}} on 28 April 1945. Decommissioned on 10 July 1945. |
{{nihongo|{{ship|Japanese cable layer|Tsurushima | 2}}|釣島}}
| Kawasaki, | 15 January 1940 | 24 May 1940 | 28 March 1941 | Decommissioned on 30 November 1945. Transferred to Ministry of Communications and Transportation and renamed {{nihongo|Tsurushima Maru|釣島丸}} in 1945. Transferred to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation on 8 September 1951. Retired in March 1968. |
{{nihongo|{{ship|Japanese cable layer|Ōtate | 2}}|大立}}10 December 1940, Notice No. 288, Named one minesweeper, one submarine chaser and two cable layers, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of the Navy, 1940.
| 22 April 1940 | 11 December 1940 | 31 July 1941 | Sunk by air raid off Kusagaki Islands {{coord|30|40|N|127|50|E}} on 27 March 1945. Decommissioned on 10 July 1945. |
{{nihongo|{{ship|Japanese cable layer|Tateishi | 2}}|立石}}
| Harima Zōsen | 22 April 1940 | 1 March 1941 | 31 August 1941 | Sunk by air raid in South China Sea {{coord|11|50|N|109|18|E}} on 21 March 1945. Decommissioned on 10 May 1945. |
Photos
Image:Japanese cable layer Tsurushima in 1941.jpg|Tsurushima on 20 March 1941
Image:Japanese cable layer Odate in 1941.jpg|Ōtate in 1941
Image:Japanese cable layer Tateishi in 1945.jpg|Tateishi on 21 March 1945
Image:Japanese cable layer TsurushimaMaru-1946.jpg|Tsurushima Maru in postwar
Footnotes
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Bibliography
- Monthly Ships of the World, Special issue Vol.45, "Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy", {{cite web |url=http://www.ships-net.co.jp/ |title=Kaijinsha}}, (Japan), February 1996
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.47, "Japanese naval mine warfare crafts", {{cite web |url=http://www.kojinsha.co.jp/ |title=Ushio Shobō}} (Japan), January 1981
- Senshi Sōsho Vol.31, Naval armaments and war preparation (1), "Until November 1941", Asagumo Simbun (Japan), November 1969
{{WWII Japanese auxiliary ships}}
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Category:World War II naval ships of Japan
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Category:Coastal fortifications