Kaibōkan
[dummy-text]
Kaibōkan
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The Japanese Etorofu in May 1943.
Kaibōkan (海防艦, "sea defence ship") or coastal defense ship is a type of naval ship used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II for escort duty and coastal defense. The term escort ship is used by the United States Navy to describe this category of Japanese ships.[1][not in citation given]
Contents
1 Description
2 Classes
2.1 Shimushu class (Ishigaki)
2.2 Etorofu class (Matsuwa)
2.3 Mikura class (Chiburi)
2.4 Ukuru class (Okinawa)
2.5 Others
3 See also
4 References
4.1 Notes
4.2 Sources
5 Further reading
Description[edit]
These ships were the Japanese equivalent to Allied destroyer escorts and frigates, all three types of warships being built as a less expensive anti-submarine warfare alternative to fleet destroyers.[2]Kaibōkan had few counterparts among Japan's Axis allies: the 10 Kriegsmarine escort ships of the F-class, and Amiral Murgescu of the Romanian Navy.
In the course of the war, the design was simplified and scaled down to permit larger numbers of vessels to be built more quickly.
Classes[edit]
Shimushu class (Ishigaki)[edit]
- Also known as Type A - multi purpose patrol, escorts or minesweeper.
- Main Engine: Diesel X 2, double shaft (4,200shp)
- Max Speed: 19.7kn
- Range: 8,000 mile (16kn)
- Fuel: Oil X 120t
Etorofu class (Matsuwa)[edit]
- Modified Type A
- Main Engine: Diesel X 2, double shaft (4,200shp)
- Max Speed: 19.7kn
- Range: 8,000 mile (16kn)
- Fuel: Oil X 120t
Mikura class (Chiburi)[edit]
- Also known as Type B
- Main Engine: Diesel X 2, double shaft (4,200shp)
- Max Speed: 19.5kn
- Range: 6,000 mile (16kn)
- Fuel: Oil X 120t
Ukuru class (Okinawa)[edit]
- Modified Type B
- Main Engine: Diesel X 2, double shaft (4,200shp)
- Max Speed: 19.5kn
- Range: 5,754 mile (16kn)
- Fuel: Oil X 120t
Others[edit]
- Type C
- Type D
In addition two former Chinese light cruisers were used, renamed Ioshima and Yasoshima.
See also[edit]
- Convoy HI-81
- List of escort vessel classes of the Second World War
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
^ Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall (15 September 2013). "Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Escorts". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 2013-10-19..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Potter, E.B.; Nimitz, Chester W. (1960). Sea Power. Prentice-Hall, p. 550
Sources[edit]
Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Escorts 9 July 2011 By Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall- Kimata Jirō (木俣 滋郎). Military history of Japan's coastal defense ships (『日本海防艦戦史』). Toshu Publishing (図書出版社), 1994. p. 299
Further reading[edit]
Stille, Mark (2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941–45. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 9781472818164.
Categories:
- Escort ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Ship types
- Ship type stubs
(window.RLQ=window.RLQ||).push(function()mw.config.set("wgPageParseReport":"limitreport":"cputime":"0.244","walltime":"0.325","ppvisitednodes":"value":829,"limit":1000000,"ppgeneratednodes":"value":0,"limit":1500000,"postexpandincludesize":"value":30302,"limit":2097152,"templateargumentsize":"value":1204,"limit":2097152,"expansiondepth":"value":11,"limit":40,"expensivefunctioncount":"value":1,"limit":500,"unstrip-depth":"value":1,"limit":20,"unstrip-size":"value":5159,"limit":5000000,"entityaccesscount":"value":0,"limit":400,"timingprofile":["100.00% 245.968 1 -total"," 37.94% 93.314 1 Template:Reflist"," 35.21% 86.600 1 Template:Cite_web"," 14.02% 34.486 1 Template:Nihongo"," 13.34% 32.823 2 Template:Category_handler"," 12.46% 30.656 1 Template:Failed_verification"," 10.39% 25.549 1 Template:Ship"," 9.97% 24.523 1 Template:Italic_title"," 9.15% 22.494 1 Template:Fix"," 7.22% 17.749 1 Template:Warship_types_of_the_19th_u0026amp;_20th_centuries"],"scribunto":"limitreport-timeusage":"value":"0.106","limit":"10.000","limitreport-memusage":"value":2599041,"limit":52428800,"cachereport":"origin":"mw1271","timestamp":"20190203065112","ttl":2073600,"transientcontent":false);mw.config.set("wgBackendResponseTime":104,"wgHostname":"mw1275"););
