Shirataka (ship, 1929)

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Shirataka
Shirataka in 1929
Shirataka in 1929
Ship data
flag JapanJapan (naval war flag) Japan
Ship type Minelayer / net laying ship
class Single ship
Shipyard Ishikawajima Zosen , Tokyo
Keel laying November 24, 1927
Launch January 25, 1929
Commissioning April 9, 1929
Removal from the ship register October 10, 1944
Whereabouts Sunk by an American submarine on August 31, 1944
Ship dimensions and crew
length
84 m ( KWL )
79.2 m ( Lpp )
width 11.55 m
Draft Max. 3.1 m
displacement Standard : 1,540 ts / 1,565 t
Use: 1,962 ts / 1,719 t
 
crew 175
Machine system
machine 2 sets of geared turbines
2 Kampon boilers
Machine
performance 		2,000 PS (1,471 kW)
Top
speed 		16 kn (30 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament

When commissioned

  • 3 × 12 cm
  • 1 × MG
  • up to 100 sea mines
  • up to 6 blocking nets

From 1935

  • 2 × 12 cm type 3
  • 1 × MG
  • up to 100 sea mines

The Shirataka ( Japanese 白鷹 ) was a minesheet / net- laying machine for the Imperial Japanese Navy , which was built in the late 1920s and used in World War II .

history

Development history and construction

Under the budget for 1923, the Japanese Navy was granted funds to supplement its aging mine-laying population. At the time, this consisted of the Katsuriki and the two former armored cruisers Aso and Tokiwa . The Navy then developed a large draft H-1 (the later Itsukushima - with around 2000 tons and diesel propulsion), and a small draft H-2 (the later Shirataka - with about 1500 tons displacement and turbine drive), which were used during the First World War should reflect gained operating experience.

The construction contract for the later Shirataka was awarded to Ishikawajima-Harima . This put the hull on November 24, 1927 at their shipyard ( Ishikawajima Zōsen ) in Tokyo on keel. The launch took place on January 25, 1929 and the commissioning on April 9, 1929 under the command of Kaigun-chūsa ( frigate captain ) Sonoda Shigeru, who had been the so-called Supreme Equipment Officer since January 15, 1929 ( Japanese 艤 装 員 長 , gisō inchō ) had been entrusted with the building instruction .

Surname

The Shirataka is after the torpedo boat of the same name , the second warship a Japanese Marine which this name bears.

List of commanders

No. Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires Remarks
1. Frigate Captain Sonoda Shigeru April 9, 1929 November 5, 1929 entrusted with building instruction since January 15, 1929
2. Frigate Captain Motoizumi Takeshi November 5, 1929 December 1, 1931
3. Frigate Captain Yamamura Minoru December 1, 1931 December 1, 1932
4th Frigate Captain Kaneko Toyokichi December 1, 1932 November 15, 1933
5. Sea captain Hozumi Tatsuo November 15, 1933 October 22, 1934
5. Frigate Captain Ikeda Shichiro October 22, 1934 November 15, 1935
6th Frigate Captain Inagaki Yoshiaki November 15, 1935 November 16, 1936
7th Frigate Captain Itagaki Yukihazu November 16, 1936 July 28, 1937
8th. Frigate Captain Inada Yoshiaki July 28, 1937 December 15, 1938
9. Sea captain Kanemasu Yoshio December 15, 1938 November 15, 1939
10. Sea captain Imamura Yukihiko November 15, 1939 November 1, 1940
11. Frigate Captain Marikawa Matao November 1, 1940 September 10, 1941
12. Frigate captain / sea captain Hamano Motokazu September 10, 1941 May 15, 1942
13. Sea captain Wada Sumihisa May 15, 1942 April 13, 1943
14th Sea captain Miki Takahide April 13, 1943 August 31, 1944 killed when the ship went down

technology

hull

The hull of the Shirataka was 84 meters long, 11.55 meters wide and had a draft of 3.1 meters with an operational displacement of 1719 tons .

drive

It was driven by two coal-fired steam generators - Kampon boilers of the Yarrow type - and two geared turbine sets with which a total output of 2000  HP (1471  kW ) was achieved. These gave their power to two shafts with one screw each . The top speed was 16 knots (30 km / h ). 300 tons of coal could be bunkered, which led to a maximum driving distance of 1,800 nautical miles (3,334 km) at 10 knots.

crew

The crew had a strength of 175 men.

Armament

When commissioned, the artillery armament consisted of three 12 cm guns with a caliber length of 45 and a machine gun for air defense . Furthermore, up to 100 sea ​​mines and six barrier nets could be carried.

literature

  • Harald Fock: Fleet Chronicle - The active warships involved in the two world wars and their whereabouts . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-7822-0788-2 , p. 173-200 .
  • Hansgeorg Jentschura, Dieter Jung, Peter Mickel: Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869-1945 . US Naval Institute Press, Annapolis 1977, ISBN 0-87021-893-X , pp. 197-198 .

Web links

Commons : Mine Layers of the Imperial Japanese Navy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files