W-19-class minesweeper
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= File:Japanese minesweeper No29 in 1943.jpg |Ship caption= No.29 on 22 October 1943 }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=No.19 class minesweeper |Builders=
|Operators=*20px Imperial Japanese Navy |Class before=No.7 class |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= 2,660,000 JPY (in 1939) |Built range=1940 – 1944 |In service range= |In commission range=1941 – 1945 (IJN) |Total ships building= |Total ships planned=70 |Total ships completed=17 |Total ships cancelled=53 |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost=15 |Total ships retired=2 |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement= {{convert|648|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} standard |Ship length= {{convert|72.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} overall |Ship beam= {{convert|7.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|2.61|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship propulsion=*2 × Kampon geared turbines
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File:Japanese minesweeper W-20.jpg
The {{nihongo|No.19 class minesweeper|第十九号型掃海艇,|Dai Jūkyū Gō-gata Sōkaitei}} was a class of minesweepers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. 70 vessels were planned under the Maru 4 Programme (Ship # 164–169), Maru Kyū Programme (Ship # 410–437) and Kai-Maru 5 Programme (Ship # 5301–5336), however, only 17 vessels were completed.
Background
- Project number I4B. Improved model of the No.7-class. The IJN gave them a turret of 55 degrees gun elevation,11th Year Type {{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on}} naval gun, Type-M turret. No.7-class equipped the 3rd Year Type 120 mm naval gun, Type-G turret (33 degrees gun elevation). because the IJN wanted to attack the strong point of behind the hill to them. And it was not useful in the Pacific War very much.
- And after the Maru Kyū Programme vessels abolished double-curvature bow for a mass production and changed bow shape.
Ships in class
| class="wikitable"
| width="4%" | Ship # | width="4%" | Ship | width="9%" | Builder | width="8%" bgcolor= | Laid down | width="8%" bgcolor= | Launched | width="8%" bgcolor= | Completed | width="20%" bgcolor= | Fate |
| 164
| No.19{{nihongo|Minesweeper No.19|第十九号掃海艇|Dai 19 Gō Sōkaitei}}. The same shall apply hereinafter. | Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard | 17 September 1940 | 18 February 1941 | 31 May 1941 | Sunk by air raid at the mouth of the Cagayan River on 10 December 1941. Removed from naval ship list on 30 November 1945. |
| 165
| No.20 | Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard | 19 March 1941 | 17 September 1941 | 15 December 1941 | Sunk by USS Trepang at Yellow Sea {{coord|34|16|N|123|37|E}} on 5 May 1945. Removed from naval ship list on 25 May 1945. |
| 166
| No.21 | Harima Shipyard | 20 September 1941 | 28 February 1942 | 29 June 1942 | Decommissioned on 25 October 1945. Surrendered to United States on 1 October 1947. Sunk as target at {{coord|35|19|N|123|31|E}} on 7 October 1947. |
| 167
| No.22 | Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard | 6 October 1941 | 28 April 1942 | 31 July 1942 | Sunk by air raid at Palau on 11 November 1944. Removed from naval ship list on 10 January 1945. |
| 168
| No.23 | Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard | 5 May 1942 | 13 January 1943 | 31 March 1943 | Decommissioned on 30 November 1945. Surrendered to Soviet Union on 3 October 1947. |
| 169
| No.24 | Harima Shipyard | 5 May 1942 | 16 September 1942 | 25 January 1943 | Sunk by air raid at Tsugaru Strait on 15 July 1945. Removed from naval ship list on 10 August 1945. |
| 410
| No.25 | Kure Naval Arsenal | | | 30 April 1943 | Sunk by air raid at Chichi-jima on 4 July 1944. Removed from naval ship list on 10 September 1944. |
| 411
| No.26 | Mitsubishi, Yokohama Shipyard | | | 31 March 1943 | Sunk by air raid at Rabaul on 17 February 1944. Removed from naval ship list on 30 April 1944. |
| 412
| No.27 | Harima Shipyard | 10 June 1942 | 23 February 1943 | 31 July 1943 | Sunk by USS Runner off Yamada {{coord|39|20|N|142|07|E}} on 10 July 1945. Removed from naval ship list on 15 September 1945. |
| 413
| No.28 | Kure Naval Arsenal | | | 28 June 1943 | Sunk by USS Jack at Celebes Sea {{coord|01|25|N|123|29|E}} on 29 August 1944. Removed from naval ship list on 10 October 1944. |
| 414
| No.29 | Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard | | | 22 October 1943 | Struck a naval mine and sunk off Shimonoseki on 7 May 1945. Removed from naval ship list on 10 August 1945. |
| 415
| No.30 | Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard | | | 5 February 1944 | Sunk by air raid at Ormoc Bay on 11 November 1944. Removed from naval ship list on 10 January 1945. |
| 416-417
| | | | | | Cancelled in 1945. |
| 418
| No.33 | Mitsubishi, Yokohama Shipyard | | | 31 July 1943 | Sunk by air raid at Onagawa Bay on 9 August 1945. Removed from naval ship list on 15 September 1945. |
| 419
| No.34 | Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard | | | 29 May 1944 | Sunk by USS Chub at Java Sea {{coord|06|18|S|116|14|E}} on 21 May 1945. Removed from naval ship list on 10 June 1945. |
| 420-422
| | | | | | Cancelled in 1945. |
| 423
| No.38 | Fujinagata Shipyards | | | 10 June 1944 | Sunk by USS Atule at Bashi Channel {{coord|21|21|N|119|45|E}} on 19 November 1944. Removed from naval ship list on 10 March 1945. |
| 424
| No.39 | Harima Shipyard | 3 December 1943 | 24 February 1944 | 27 May 1944 | Sunk by USS Threadfin at Yellow Sea {{coord|35|01|N|125|42|E}} on 20 July 1945. Removed from naval ship list on 15 September 1945. |
| 425
| | | | | | Cancelled in 1945. |
| 426
| No.41 | Fujinagata Shipyards | | | 17 July 1944 | Sunk by air raid at Hainan on 4 January 1945. Removed from naval ship list on 15 September 1945. |
| 427-437
| | | | | | Cancelled in 1945. |
| 5301-5336
| | | | | | Cancelled in 1944. |
Photo
Image:Japanese minesweeper MSC21.jpg|No.21 on 16 September 1945 at Qingdao
Footnotes
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Dodson |first1=Aidan |last2=Cant |first2=Serena |title=Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after Two World Wars |date=2020 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK |isbn=978-1-5267-4198-1|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite web |url=http://rekigun.net/ |title=Rekishi Gunzō}}, History of Pacific War Vol.51 The truth histories of the Japanese Naval Vessels Part-2, Gakken (Japan), August 2005, {{ISBN|4-05-604083-4}}
- 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
- 50 year History of Harima Zōsen, Harima Zōsen Corporation, November 1960
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Category:World War II mine warfare vessels of Japan
Category:Minesweepers of Japan
Category:Mine warfare vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy