Japanese gunboat Hashidate
{{other ships|Japanese ship Hashidate}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Japanese gunboat Hashidate 1940.jpg |Ship caption= Hashidate in Osaka Bay, June 1940 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= Japan |Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of Japan.svg |Ship name=Hashidate |Ship namesake={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Hashidate}} |Ship ordered=1937 |Ship builder= Osaka Iron Works |Ship laid down=February 20, 1939 |Ship launched=December 23, 1939 |Ship completed=June 30, 1940 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= July 10, 1944 |Ship homeport= |Ship honours= |Ship fate= Sunk by {{USS|Picuda|SS-382|6}}, May 22, 1944 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type= Gunboat |Ship displacement= {{convert|993|LT|t|abbr=on}} |Ship length={{convert|78.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|9.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|2.45|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion= >{{convert|4600|hp|abbr=on}} geared turbine |Ship speed= {{convert|19.5|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |Ship range= 2,500 nmi / 14 kn |Ship complement= 158 |Ship armament=*3 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun (1 × 2, 1 × 1) |Ship armour= |Ship notes= }} |
{{nihongo|Hashidate|橋立|Standing Bridge}} was the lead vessel in the {{sclass|Hashidate|gunboat|0}} gunboats in the Imperial Japanese Navy, that operated in China during the 1940s.
History
Hashidate was authorized under the Maru-3 Naval Expansion Budget of 1937. She was laid down at Osaka Iron Works on February 20, 1939 and launched on December 23, 1939, and was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as on June 30, 1940.
She was intended initially for support of combat operations by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War off the coast of China. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hashidate was assigned to the China Area Fleet as part of the 2nd China Expeditionary Fleet's 15th Escort Group. With the start of the Pacific War, she was assigned to ”Operation C” – the invasion of Hong Kong.{{cite web | url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HashidateG_t.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219050637/http://www.combinedfleet.com/HashidateG_t.htm|archivedate=19 February 2020|url-status=live | title= IJN Hashidate: Tabular Record of Movement | last= Nevitt | first= Allyn D. | year= 1997 | publisher= Combinedfleet.com}} She remained based at Hong Kong for most of the war. At some point in 1943, five additional Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns were added, along with depth charges in 1944.
On May 22, 1944, she was torpedoed by {{USS|Picuda|SS-382}} in the South China Sea off Pratas Island while towing the crippled merchant passenger/cargo ship Tsukuba Maru at position {{coord|21|08|N|117|20|E|display=inline,title}}.{{cite book | last = Brown | first = David| year = 1990 | title = Warship Losses of World War Two | publisher = Naval Institute Press| isbn = 1-55750-914-X}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book | last = Brown | first = David| year = 1990 | title = Warship Losses of World War Two | publisher = Naval Institute Press| isbn = 1-55750-914-X}}
- {{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 978-0-87021-893-4|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7|chapter=Japan|author-first=Ian |author-last=Sturton}}
External links
- {{cite web | url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HashidateG_t.htm | title= IJN Hashidate: Tabular Record of Movement | last= Nevitt | first= Allyn D. | year= 1997 | publisher= Combinedfleet.com}}
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Category:Hashidate-class gunboats
Category:Second Sino-Japanese War naval ships of Japan
Category:World War II naval ships of Japan
Category:Ships sunk by American submarines
Category:Maritime incidents in May 1944