W-13-class minesweeper#No.17 class
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|Cost= 1,330,000 JPY (in 1931) |Built range=1931 – 1936 |In service range= |In commission range=1933 – 1945 |Total ships building= |Total ships planned=6 |Total ships completed=6 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost=5 |Total ships retired=1 |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=No.13-class |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement= {{convert|525|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} standard |Ship length= {{convert|74.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} overall |Ship beam= {{convert|8.20|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|2.07|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship propulsion=*2 × triple expansion stages reciprocating engines
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The {{nihongo|No.13 class minesweeper|第十三号型掃海艇,|Dai Jūsan Gō-gata Sōkaitei}} was a class of minesweepers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during the 1930s and World War II. 6 vessels were built in 1931-36 under the Maru 1 Keikaku. They have two sub classes, this article handles them collectively.
Background
- Improved model of the No.1-class. The IJN tried to a small hull than No.1-class to give a performance the same as No.1-class. And this attempt failed when the vessels were discovered to be top heavy by an investigation of the fleet in the aftermath of the Tomozuru Incident.
Ships in classes
=<small>''No.13'' class</small>=
- Project number I3A. 4 vessels were built in 1931-1934. No.15 and No.16 were behind with the completed by the Tomozuru Incident. They had clipper-bow.
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| No.13{{nihongo|Minesweeper No.13|第十三号掃海艇|Dai 13 Gō Sōkaitei}}. The same shall apply hereinafter.
| Fujinagata Shipyards | 22 December 1931 | 30 March 1933 | 31 August 1933 | Sunk by bombardment from Netherlands pillbox at Tarakan Island on 12 January 1942. Decommissioned on 30 November 1945. |
| No.14
| Ōsaka Iron Works | 22 December 1933 | 20 March 1933 | 30 September 1933 | Sunk by bombardment from Netherlands pillbox at Tarakan Island on 12 January 1942. Decommissioned on 30 November 1945. |
| No.15
| Fujinagata Shipyards | 6 April 1933 | 14 February 1934 | 21 August 1934 | Heavily damaged by USS Tilefish on 5 March 1945, later agrounded. Decommissioned on 10 May 1945. |
| No.16
| Mitsui, Tama Shipyard | 20 June 1933 | 30 March 1934 | 29 September 1934 | Sunk by air raid off Makassar {{coord|06|08|S|119|20|E}} on 11 September 1943. Decommissioned on 11 November 1943. |
=<small>''No.17'' class</small>=
- Project number I3B. 2 vessels were built in 1935-1936. Improved model of the No.13-class. About their appearance, bow was changed to double-curvature bow and fitted Kampon geared turbine.
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| No.17
| Ōsaka Iron Works | 28 January 1935 | 3 August 1935 | 15 January 1936 | Decommissioned on 20 November 1945. Scrapped on 1 September 1948. |
| No.18
| Mitsui, Tama Shipyard | 2 February 1935 | 19 September 1935 | 30 April 1936 | Sunk by air raid off Hainan {{coord|16|52|N|108|38|E}} on 26 November 1944. Decommissioned on 10 January 1945. |
Photo
Image:Japanese minesweeper MSC16.jpg|No.16
Image:Japanese minesweeper MSC18.jpg|No.18
Footnotes
Bibliography
- 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.50, Japanese minesweepers and landing ships, {{cite web |url=http://www.kojinsha.co.jp/ |title=Ushio Shobō}} (Japan), April 1981
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Category:World War II mine warfare vessels of Japan
Category:Minesweepers of Japan