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No.13 class submarine chaser

IJN No14 Submarine Chaser 1941.jpg
No.13 class No.14 in March 1941
Class overview
Name:
  • No.13 class submarine chasers
  • No.13 class
  • No.28 class
  • No.60 class
Builders:
Operators:
Preceded by: No.4 class submarine chaser
Succeeded by:
Built: 1939–1944
In commission: 1940–1956
Planned: 77
Completed: 49
Cancelled: 28
Lost: 35
Retired: 14
General characteristics
Type: Submarine chaser
Displacement:
  • No.13 class
  • 438 long tons (445 t) standard
  • No.28 class and No.60 class
  • 420 long tons (427 t) standard
Length: 51.00 m (167 ft 4 in) overall
Beam: 6.70 m (22 ft 0 in)
Draught:
  • No.13 class
  • 2.75 m (9 ft 0 in)
  • No.28 class and No.60 class
  • 2.63 m (8 ft 8 in)
Propulsion:
  • No.13, No.14, No.15 and No.16
  • 2 × Kampon Mk.23A Model 8 diesels, 2 shafts, 1,700 bhp
  • all others
  • 2 × Kampon Mk.23B Model 8 diesels, 2 shafts, 1,700 bhp
Speed: 16.0 knots (18.4 mph; 29.6 km/h)
Range: 2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement:
  • No.13 class
  • 68
  • No.28 class and No.60 class
  • 80
Armament:
  • No.13 on 1940
  • 1 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 AA gun
  • 2 × Type 93 13 mm AA guns
  • 36 × Type 95 depth charges
  • 2 × Type 94 depth charge projectors
  • 1 × depth charge thrower
  • 1 × Type 93 active sonar
  • 1 × Type 93 hydrophone
  • No.30 on August 1944
  • 1 × 76.2 mm L/40 AA gun
  • 3 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
  • 2 × Type 93 13 mm AA guns
  • 36 × Type 2 depth charges
  • 2 × Type 94 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge throwers
  • 1 × 22-Gō surface search radar
  • 1 × Type 3 active sonar
  • 1 × Type 93 hydrophone

The No.13 class submarine chaser (第十三号型駆潜艇, Dai 13 Gō-gata Kusentei?) were a class of submarine chasers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during and after World War II; there were three sub classes, however the IJN's official document calls all of them the No.13 class.

No.30 on 13 May 1942

No.23 or No.38 on 16 September 1945


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