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Notoro class oiler

Tsurumi in 1922
Tsurumi in 1922
Class overview
Name:
  • Notoro class
  • later Erimo class
Builders:
Operators:  Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by: Noma
Succeeded by: Kamoi
Cost: 1,500,000 JPY
Built: 1919–1922
In commission: 1920–1945
Planned: 7
Completed: 7
Lost: 6
General characteristics
Type: Oiler
Displacement: 15,400 long tons (15,647 t) standing
Length: 138.68 m (455 ft 0 in) p/p
Beam: 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in)
Draught: 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
  • Irō
  • 1 × triple expansion reciprocating engine
  • 4 × Kampon water tube boilers
  • single shaft, 3,750 shp (2,800 kW)
  • All others
  • 1 × triple expansion reciprocating engine
  • 4 × Scotch boilers
  • single shaft, 3,750 shp (2,800 kW)
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity: 8,000 tons of fuel oil
Complement:
  • Irō: 157
  • All others: 142
Armament:
  • Notoro, Shiretoko, Erimo and Irō
  • 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/45 naval guns
  • 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in) L/40 AA guns
  • Sata, Tsurumi and Shiriya
  • 2 × 140 mm (5.5 in) L/50 naval guns
  • 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in) L/40 AA guns

The Notoro-class oilers (能登呂型給油艦 Notoro-gata kyūyukan?) were a class of seven oilers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during the 1920s and World War II. They were also called the Erimo-class oilers (襟裳型給油艦 Erimo-gata kyūyukan?), after Notoro and Shiretoko were converted to other ship types.

They were built under pre-Eight-eight fleet plans, the Eight-four fleet plan and the Eight-six fleet plan. All ships of the class were named after capes in Japan (e.g. Irō is a cape at the southern tip of Izu Peninsula).

The class devoted themselves to importing crude oil from North America and Southeast Asia. The Notoro and the Ondo classes made 388 voyages carrying a total of 3,000,000 tons of oil up to 1941.

During World War II they were not able to accompany the fleet, due to their low speed. Instead they were engaged in a supply duties at naval bases.

Notoro as seaplane tender on 28 May 1943 at Seletar

Shiretoko as collier in 1933

Erimo in 1938

Sata in 1921

Shiriya on 28 April 1938 at Yokosuka



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