No.1 class submarine chaser

(left to right) No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 in 1938
Class overview
Name:	No. 1-class submarine chasers No. 1-class (Project nomber K3) No. 3-class (Project number K4)
Builders:	Uraga Dock Company Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard Asano Shipyard
Operators:	Imperial Japanese Navy
Succeeded by:	No. 4-class
Cost:	1,525,700 JPY (No. 1-class) 1,530,000 JPY (No. 3-class)
Built:	1933 – 1936
In commission:	1934 – 1946
Planned:	3
Completed:	3
Lost:	1
Retired:	2
General characteristics No. 1-class
Displacement:	266 long tons (270 t) standard 280 long tons (284 t) trial and after late 1934 377 long tons (383 t) trial
Length:	65.30 m (214 ft 3 in) overall 64.00 m (210 ft 0 in) waterline
Beam:	5.90 m (19 ft 4 in)
Draught:	1.43 m (4 ft 8 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Kampon Mk.22 Model 8 diesels 2 shafts, 3,400 bhp
Speed:	24.0 knots (27.6 mph; 44.4 km/h) and after late 1934 21.1 knots (24.3 mph; 39.1 km/h)
Range:	1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement:	65
Armament:	2 × 40 mm heavy machine guns 36 × depth charges 1 × depth charge thrower 1 × Type 93 active sonar 1 × MV hydrophone
General characteristics No. 3-class
Displacement:	270 long tons (274 t) standard 285 long tons (290 t) trial
Length:	56.10 m (184 ft 1 in) overall 55.00 m (180 ft 5 in) waterline
Beam:	5.60 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught:	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Kampon Mk.22 Model 6 diesels 2 shafts, 2,500 bhp
Speed:	20.0 knots (23.0 mph; 37.0 km/h)
Range:	1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement:	60
Armament:	2 × 40 mm heavy machine guns 36 × depth charges 2 × Type 94 depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge thrower 1 × French SCAM active sonar 1 × Type 93 hydrophone

The No. 1-class submarine chaser (第一号型駆潜艇,, Dai 1 Gō-gata Kusentei) was a class of submarine chasers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. Three vessels were built in 1933-36 under the Maru 1 Programme and the Maru 2 Programme. They have two sub classes; this article handles them collectively.

No. 2 in 1934

No. 3 in 1936