Tsubame Class, Japanese Minelayers

Tonnage 450 tons standard displacement

Dimensions 214'11" by 23'7" by 6'11"
65.51m by 7.19m by 2.11m

Maximum speed 19 knots

Complement 56-80

Machinery
2-shaft triple expansion (2500 ihp)

Modifications 1943-44: Refitted as escort vessels with 4 depth charge throwers and 36 depth charges

The Tsubames were completed in 1929-1934. They were hybrid minelayers/net tenders also intended for coastal antisubmarine defense.

Kamome

Takao Torpedoed 1944年4月27日 near 128.2E 27.6N by Halibut

Tsubame

Sunk by aircraft 1945年3月1日 near Okinawa

Natsushima
Sunk 1944年2月23日 off New Ireland by Ausburne, Dyson, and Stanley

Nasami
Sunk by aircraft 1944年4月1日 at Rabaul

Sarushima
Sunk by aircraft 1944年7月4日 near 142.2E 27.1N

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