W-7-class_minesweeper_(1938)

<i>W-7</i>-class minesweeper

W-7-class minesweeper

Japanese minesweeper class

The No.7-class minesweepers (第七号型掃海艇,, Dai Nana Gō-gata Sōkaitei) were a class of minesweepers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Six vessels were built in 1937–1939 under the Maru 3 Keikaku.

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Background

Ships in class

Ship # Ship Builder Laid down Launched Completed Fate
49 No. 7[2] Tama Shipyard 27 October 1937 16 June 1938 15 December 1938 Sunk by HMS Storm off Port Blair on 15 April 1944. Decommissioned on 10 June 1944.
50 No. 8 Uraga Dock Company 11 December 1937 28 May 1938 15 February 1939 Scuttled by Royal Navy at Singapore on 10 July 1946. Decommissioned on 10 August 1946.
51 No. 9 Maizuru Naval Arsenal 7 February 1938 10 September 1938 15 February 1939 Struck a naval mine and sunk at Ambon on 1 February 1942. Decommissioned on 10 April 1942.
52 No. 10 Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard 21 December 1937 22 September 1938 15 February 1939 Sunk by air raid off Pandan, Caoayan (near Vigan) on 10 December 1941. Decommissioned on 15 March 1942.
53 No. 11 Uraga Dock Company 30 May 1938 28 December 1938 15 July 1939 Sunk by air raid off Makassar on 28 March 1945. Decommissioned on 10 May 1945.
54 No. 12 Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard 28 May 1938 18 February 1939 15 August 1939 Sunk by USS Besugo off Flores 08°13′S 119°14′E on 6 April 1945. Decommissioned on 25 May 1945.

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    No.7 (ex.-Umikaze), No.8 (ex.-Yamakaze), No.9 (ex.-Nara), No.10 (ex.-Enoki), No.11 (ex.-Nagatsuki) and No. 12 (ex.-Kikutsuki)
  2. [2]
    Minesweeper No. 7 (第七号掃海艇, Dai 7 Gō Sōkaitei). The same shall apply hereinafter.

Bibliography

  • Ships of the World special issue Vol.45, Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy, "Kaijinsha"., (Japan), February 1996
  • The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.50, Japanese minesweepers and landing ships, "Ushio Shobō". (Japan), April 1981
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