Japanese fleet oiler Hario
{{Short description|WWII era Japanese ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag={{IJN flag}} |Ship name= Hario |Ship namesake= Hario Channel |Ship builder= Harima Zōsen Corporation |Ship laid down= 2 June 1944 |Ship launched= 4 October 1944 |Ship completed= 1 December 1944 |Ship commissioned= 1 December 1944 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= 10 May 1945 |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate= Sunk on 3 March 1945 Another opinion: Sank on 15:07, 4 March 1945. |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Class before = Kazahaya-class oiler | Class after = Muroto-class collier }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= Replenishment oiler |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement= {{convert|18500|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard |Ship length= {{convert|154.32|m|ftin|abbr=on}} Lpp |Ship beam= {{convert|20.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|8.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship propulsion=*1 × Mitsubishi geared turbine
|Ship power= |Ship speed= {{convert|16.5|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |Ship range= {{convert|9000|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} |Ship boats= |Ship troops= |Ship complement= unknown |Ship sensors= |Ship capacity= unknown |Ship crew= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*2 × {{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on}} L/45 AA guns
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The {{nihongo|Hario|針尾}} was a Japanese fleet oiler, serving during World War II. Four vessels were planned under the Maru Sen Programme; however, only one vessel was completed by the end of war.
Construction
The Hario-class oilers were planned instead of the cancelled Kazahaya class oilers. The Navy Technical Department (Kampon) armed these vessels as a Type 1TL wartime standard ship.
Service
The Hario was completed and assigned to the Combined Fleet on 1 December 1944, joining the Hi-89 convoy from Moji to Singapore on 24 January 1945. She arrived in Singapore on 9 February 1945, joining the Hi-94 convoy (returning to Moji from Singapore) on 23 February 1945. On 1 March, she arrived at a relay point at Yulin, Hainan. Two days later, on 3 March, she left Yulin, only to hit a mine and sink the same day. She was decommissioned 10 May.
Ships in class
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| width="3%" | Ship # | width="8%" | Ship | width="11%" | Builder | width="8%" bgcolor= | Laid down | width="8%" bgcolor= | Launched | width="8%" bgcolor= | Completed | width="18%" bgcolor= | Fate |
| 4901
| {{nihongo|Hario|針尾}} | 2 June 1944 | 4 October 1944 | 1 December 1944 | Struck a naval mine at Yulin and sank on 3 March 1945. |
| 4902
| {{nihongo|Inatori|稲取}} | | | | | rowspan="3"|Cancelled in 1945. |
| 4903
| {{nihongo|Karasaki|韓崎}} | | | | |
| 4904
| {{nihongo|Tatsumai|龍舞}} | | | | |
Footnotes
References
- Ships of the World special issue Vol.47, Auxiliary Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy, {{cite web |url=http://www.ships-net.co.jp/ |title=Kaijinsha}}, (Japan), March 1997
- Shinshichirō Komamiya, The Wartime Convoy Histories, {{cite web |url=http://www.ships-net.co.jp/backs/kyodo/navalhistoryj.html |title=Shuppan Kyōdōsha |access-date=2009-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722095335/http://www.ships-net.co.jp/backs/kyodo/navalhistoryj.html |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}, (Japan), October 1987, {{ISBN|4-87970-047-9}}
{{WWII Japanese auxiliary ships}}
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