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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>May 13, 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>August 5, 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>October 5, 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped 1947</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3,224 long tons (3,276 t) standard</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5,200 long tons (5,283 t) trial</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">91.7 m (301 ft) <a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">pp</a>,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">86.25 m (283.0 ft) waterline</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>13.42 m (44 ft 0 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>5.85 m (19 ft 2 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Technical_Department" title="Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department">Kampon</a> A Model 12 steam turbine</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; 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text-indent: -.4em;">2 × depth charge throwers</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armour</td><td>none</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Minoo</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">箕面</span></span>)</span> was a <a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a>, which was in service during the final stages of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. She was the <a href="/wiki/Lead_ship" title="Lead ship">lead ship</a> of what was intended to be a two-vessel class, but her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ship</a>, designated <i>Vessel #1822</i> was not completed before the end of the war. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Building">Building</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_minelayer_Minoo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the very final stages of World War II, in preparation for the anticipated <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">invasion of the Japanese home islands</a>, the Imperial Japanese Navy perceived the need to block the entrances to the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a>, namely the <a href="/wiki/La_P%C3%A9rouse_Strait" title="La Pérouse Strait">La Pérouse Strait</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Strait" title="Tsugaru Strait">Tsugaru Strait</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Strait" title="Tsushima Strait">Tsushima Strait</a> to protect Japan’s long and relatively lightly defended western coastline.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as all <a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayers</a> has been sunk by that time, an emergency program was begun under the <a href="/wiki/Wartime_Naval_Armaments_Supplement_Programme_(Japan,_1944)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wartime Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Japan, 1944)"><i>Maru Sen</i> Programme</a> to construct several small vessels for this task. <i>Minoo</i> was a modified <i>Type 2D</i> wartime standard cargo ship, which had been laid down by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Naniwa_Dock_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naniwa Dock Company (page does not exist)">Naniwa Dock Company</a> on November 29, 1944. It was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy in December before completion, was launched on May 13, 1945, and was commissioned into service on August 5, 1945 after modifications at the <a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_Arsenal" title="Kure Naval Arsenal">Kure Naval Arsenal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_minelayer_Minoo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On completion, <i>Minoo</i> was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_District" title="Kure Naval District">Kure Naval District</a>, but the <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">surrender of Japan</a> occurred only 5 days after her commissioning. She was removed from the <a href="/wiki/Navy_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy list">navy list</a> on October 5, 1945. From September 1945 through December 1946, <i>Minoo</i> was used as a repatriation transport, shuttling between <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakata,_Fukuoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakata, Fukuoka">Hakata</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sasebo,_Nagasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasebo, Nagasaki">Sasebo</a> returning demobilized Japanese troops and civilians from the Asian mainland to the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_home_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese home islands">Japanese home islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was scrapped in 1947. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ships_in_class">Ships in class</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_minelayer_Minoo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ships in class"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td width="4%"><b>Ship #</b> </td> <td width="7%"><b>Ship</b> </td> <td width="10%"><b>Builder</b> </td> <td width="8%"><b>Laid down</b> </td> <td width="8%"><b>Launched</b> </td> <td width="8%"><b>Completed</b> </td> <td width="25%"><b>Fate</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1821 </td> <td><i>Minoo</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">箕面</span></span>)</span> </td> <td>Naniwa Dock Company </td> <td>29 November 1944 </td> <td>13 May 1945 </td> <td>5 August 1945 </td> <td>Decommissioned 5 October 1945; scrapped in April 1947 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1822 </td> <td> </td> <td>Naniwa Dock Company </td> <td>1 February 1945 </td> <td>1948 </td> <td>7 June 1948 </td> <td>Construction stopped in April 1945. Transferred to Inui Steamship inc., and construction restarted as merchant ship <i>Kenshin Maru</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">乾進丸</span></span>)</span>. Sunk by rough weather on 4 October 1948. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Approximate_vessels">Approximate vessels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_minelayer_Minoo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Approximate vessels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The IJN used two merchant ships and experimented for before building <i>Minoo</i>. One the <i>Eijō Maru</i>, other the <i>Kōryū Maru</i>. Their conversion was useful for <i>Minoo</i>. Their brief careers are below. </p> <ul><li><i>Eijō Maru</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">永城丸</span></span>)</span>, ex-<i>Type 2D</i> wartime standard cargo ship, 2,300 long tons (2,337 t) gross<br />Launched at <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</a>-Kōnan Shipyard on 11 August 1944, completed on 2 September 1944, enlisted by the Navy on 29 January 1945, classified to auxiliary minelayer and assigned to the Minelayer Division 18 (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Escort_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Escort Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) (page does not exist)">Escort Fleet</a>) on 10 March 1945, armaments installed on 20 April 1945 at <a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_Arsenal" title="Kure Naval Arsenal">Kure Naval Arsenal</a>, Minelayer Division 18 was moved to <a href="/wiki/7th_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="7th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">7th Fleet</a>, minelaying at Japanese coastal waters in June 1945, sunk by <a href="/wiki/USS_Spadefish_(SS-411)" title="USS Spadefish (SS-411)">USS <i>Spadefish</i></a> off <a href="/wiki/Okushiri_Island" title="Okushiri Island">Okushiri Island</a> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Japanese_minelayer_Minoo&params=42_43_N_139_57_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°43′N</span> <span class="longitude">139°57′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.717°N 139.950°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.717; 139.950</span></span></span></a></span></span> on 17 June 1945, discharged on 10 August 1945.</li> <li><i>Kōryū Maru</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">光隆丸</span></span>)</span>, ex-<i>Type 2E</i> wartime standard cargo ship, 870 long tons (884 t) gross<br />Launched at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kawanami_K%C5%8Dgy%C5%8D_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kawanami Kōgyō Corporation (page does not exist)">Kawanami Kōgyō</a>-Fukabori Shipyard on 22 June 1944, completed on 16 July 1944, transportation duty in Japanese coastal waters between 1944–1945, enlisted by the Navy on 6 May 1945, armaments install started at <a href="/wiki/Hitachi_Zosen_Corporation" title="Hitachi Zosen Corporation">Hitachi Zōsen</a>-<a href="/wiki/Innoshima,_Hiroshima" title="Innoshima, Hiroshima">Innoshima</a> on 9 May 1945, classified to auxiliary minelayer and assigned to the Escort Fleet on 7 July 1945, sunk by air raid at Innoshima on 28 July 1945, discharged on 22 May 1946. She was sunk before rebuilt.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_minelayer_Minoo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_minelayer_Minoo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFrank1999" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Frank" title="Richard B. Frank">Frank, Richard B.</a> (1999). <i>Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire</i>. New York: Random House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-41424-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-41424-X"><bdi>0-679-41424-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Downfall%3A+The+End+of+the+Imperial+Japanese+Empire&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-679-41424-X&rft.aulast=Frank&rft.aufirst=Richard+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+minelayer+Minoo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNishida" class="citation web cs1">Nishida, Hiroshi. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://admiral31.world.coocan.jp/e/stc0862.htm">"Materials of IJN"</a>. <i>Imperial Japanese Navy</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Imperial+Japanese+Navy&rft.atitle=Materials+of+IJN&rft.aulast=Nishida&rft.aufirst=Hiroshi&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fadmiral31.world.coocan.jp%2Fe%2Fstc0862.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+minelayer+Minoo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevitt1999" class="citation web cs1">Nevitt, Allyn D. (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/Minoo_t.htm">"IJN <i>Minoo</i>: Tabular Record of Movement"</a>. <i>Long Lancers</i>. Combinedfleet.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Long+Lancers&rft.atitle=IJN+Minoo%3A+Tabular+Record+of+Movement&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Nevitt&rft.aufirst=Allyn+D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FMinoo_t.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+minelayer+Minoo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_minelayer_Minoo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrown1990" class="citation book cs1">Brown, David (1990). <i>Warship Losses of World War Two</i>. Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-914-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-914-X"><bdi>1-55750-914-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Warship+Losses+of+World+War+Two&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=1-55750-914-X&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+minelayer+Minoo" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrank1999" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Frank" title="Richard B. Frank">Frank, Richard B.</a> (1999). <i>Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire</i>. New York: Random House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-41424-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-41424-X"><bdi>0-679-41424-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Downfall%3A+The+End+of+the+Imperial+Japanese+Empire&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-679-41424-X&rft.aulast=Frank&rft.aufirst=Richard+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+minelayer+Minoo" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHowarth1983" class="citation book cs1">Howarth, Stephen (1983). <i>The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945</i>. Atheneum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-689-11402-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-689-11402-8"><bdi>0-689-11402-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fighting+Ships+of+the+Rising+Sun%3A+The+Drama+of+the+Imperial+Japanese+Navy%2C+1895-1945&rft.pub=Atheneum&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-689-11402-8&rft.aulast=Howarth&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+minelayer+Minoo" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJentsura1976" class="citation book cs1">Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). <i>Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945</i>. US Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-893-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-893-X"><bdi>0-87021-893-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Warships+of+the+Imperial+Japanese+Navy%2C+1869-1945&rft.pub=US+Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-87021-893-X&rft.aulast=Jentsura&rft.aufirst=Hansgeorg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+minelayer+Minoo" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatts1967" class="citation book cs1">Watts, Anthony J (1967). <i>Japanese Warships of World War II</i>. 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title="Notoro-class oiler"><i>Notoro</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ondo-class_oiler" title="Ondo-class oiler"><i>Ondo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunosaki-class_combat_support_ship" title="Sunosaki-class combat support ship"><i>Sunosaki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashizuri-class_combat_support_ship" title="Ashizuri-class combat support ship"><i>Ashizuri</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Kazahaya" title="Japanese fleet oiler Kazahaya"><i>Kazahaya</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hayasui" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hayasui"><i>Hayasui</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hario" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hario"><i>Hario</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muroto-class_collier" title="Muroto-class collier"><i>Muroto</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teiy%C5%8D_Maru_(1931)" title="Teiyō Maru (1931)"><i>Teiyō Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_oiler_%C5%8Cse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese oiler Ōse (page does not exist)"><i>Ōse</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Genota_(1934)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Genota (1934) (page does not exist)">SS <i>Genota</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Food_supply_ship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Food supply ship (page does not exist)">Food supply ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_supply_ship_Mamiya" title="Japanese supply ship Mamiya"><i>Mamiya</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_food_supply_ship_Nosaki" title="Japanese food supply ship Nosaki"><i>Nosaki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinesaki-class_food_supply_ship" title="Kinesaki-class food supply ship"><i>Kinesaki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_supply_ship_Irako" title="Japanese supply ship Irako"><i>Irako</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_food_supply_ship_Kurasaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese food supply ship Kurasaki (page does not exist)"><i>Kurasaki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">Landing ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_landing_ship" title="No.1-class landing ship"><i>No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.101-class_landing_ship" title="No.101-class landing ship"><i>No.101</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_amphibious_assault_ship_Shinsh%C5%AB_Maru" title="Japanese amphibious assault ship Shinshū Maru"><i>Shinshū Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span> (Army)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS-class_landing_ship" title="SS-class landing ship"><i>SS</i></a> (Army)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Armed_merchant_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed merchant cruiser">Armed merchant cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aikoku_Maru_(1940)" title="Aikoku Maru (1940)"><i>Aikoku Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dkoku_Maru" title="Hōkoku Maru"><i>Hōkoku Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Maru_(1934)" title="Kongō Maru (1934)"><i>Kongō Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noshiro_Maru" title="Noshiro Maru"><i>Noshiro Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Cable_layer" title="Cable layer">cable layer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tokiwa" title="Japanese cruiser Tokiwa"><i>Tokiwa</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Itsukushima" title="Japanese minelayer Itsukushima"><i>Itsukushima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Yaeyama" title="Japanese minelayer Yaeyama"><i>Yaeyama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Okinoshima" title="Japanese minelayer Okinoshima"><i>Okinoshima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Tsugaru" title="Japanese minelayer Tsugaru"><i>Tsugaru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Minoo</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Shirataka" title="Japanese minelayer Shirataka"><i>Shirataka</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatsutaka-class_minelayer" title="Hatsutaka-class minelayer"><i>Hatsutaka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsubame-class_minelayer" title="Tsubame-class minelayer"><i>Tsubame</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natsushima-class_minelayer_(1933)" title="Natsushima-class minelayer (1933)"><i>Natsushima</i></a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Sokuten</i></a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Hirashima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Ajiro</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamishima-class_minelayer" title="Kamishima-class minelayer"><i>Kamishima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashima-class_cable_layer" title="Hashima-class cable layer"><i>Hashima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer" title="Sokuten-class minelayer"><i>Sokuten</i></a> (1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary minelayer"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Fleet_ships#Miscellaneous" title="List of Eastern Fleet ships"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Barlight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Barlight (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Barlight</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class minesweeper"><i>No.1</i></a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class minesweeper"><i>No.5</i></a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.13-class minesweeper"><i>No.13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.13-class minesweeper"><i>No.17</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.7-class_minesweeper_(1938)" class="mw-redirect" title="No.7-class minesweeper (1938)"><i>No.7</i></a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.19-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.19-class minesweeper"><i>No.19</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor-class_minesweeper" title="Bangor-class minesweeper"><i>No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Taitam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Taitam (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Taitam</i></a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Waglan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Waglan (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Waglan</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_minesweeper" title="No.1-class auxiliary minesweeper"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Frores" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Frores"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>DEFG</i>-class)</li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Djember" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Djember"><i>Aux. No.104</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>DEFG</i>-class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_patrol_boat" title="No.1-class patrol boat"><i>No.1</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.31-class_patrol_boat" title="No.31-class patrol boat"><i>No.31</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.31-class_patrol_boat" title="No.31-class patrol boat"><i>No.46</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thracian_(1920)" title="HMS Thracian (1920)"><i>No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/HMS_Thracian_(1920)" title="HMS Thracian (1920)">HMS <i>Thracian</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)"><i>No.102</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)">USS <i>Stewart</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)"><i>No.103</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)">USS <i>Finch</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No.104-class_patrol_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No.104-class patrol boat (page does not exist)"><i>No.104</i></a> (ex-Dutch East Indies <i>Valk</i> and <i>Arend</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_patrol_boat_No.105&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese patrol boat No.105 (page does not exist)"><i>No.105</i></a> (ex-Philippine customs <i>Arayat</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralen-class_destroyer" title="Admiralen-class destroyer"><i>No.106</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Banckert_(1929)" title="HNLMS Banckert (1929)">HNLMS <i>Banckert</i> (1929)</a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SCI</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)"><i>No.107</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)">USS <i>Genesee</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_patrol_boat_No.109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese patrol boat No.109 (page does not exist)"><i>No.109</i></a> (ex-Dutch East Indies <i>Fazant</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_patrol_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary patrol boat"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Repair_ship" title="Repair ship">Repair ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Asahi" title="Japanese battleship Asahi"><i>Asahi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_repair_ship_Akashi" title="Japanese repair ship Akashi"><i>Akashi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_repair_ship_Hayase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese repair ship Hayase (page does not exist)"><i>Hayase</i></a> (ex-Chinese passenger <i>Chin Kiang</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_repair_ship_Hitonose&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese repair ship Hitonose (page does not exist)"><i>Hitonose</i></a> (ex-ROCN <i>Min Sheng</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">Seaplane tenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Notoro" title="Japanese seaplane tender Notoro"><i>Notoro</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Kamoi" title="Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi"><i>Kamoi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitose-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Chitose-class aircraft carrier"><i>Chitose</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Mizuho" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho"><i>Mizuho</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin"><i>Nisshin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Akitsushima" title="Japanese seaplane tender Akitsushima"><i>Akitsushima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamikawa_Maru-class_seaplane_tender" title="Kamikawa Maru-class seaplane tender"><i>Kamikawa Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_chaser" title="Submarine chaser">Submarine chasers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.1-class submarine chaser"><i>No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.1-class submarine chaser"><i>No.3</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.4-class_submarine_chaser" class="mw-redirect" title="No.4-class submarine chaser"><i>No.4</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.28</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.60</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smeroe-class_minesweeper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Smeroe-class minesweeper (page does not exist)"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HNLMS_Tjerimai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HNLMS Tjerimai (page does not exist)">HNLMS <i>Tjerimai</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Ardjoeno_(1937)" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Ardjoeno (1937)"><i>Aux. No.102</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>Ardjoeno</i> class)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No.103-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No.103-class auxiliary submarine chaser (page does not exist)"><i>Aux. No.103</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>B1</i> class)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._P" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. P"><i>Aux. No.111</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>P13</i> or <i>P14</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_A_(1929)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNLMS A (1929)"><i>Aux. No.112</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>A</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Bantam_(1938)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNLMS Bantam (1938)"><i>Aux. No.117</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>Bantam</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.251-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" title="No.251-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.251</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.251-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" title="No.251-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.253</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine tenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_tender_Komahashi" title="Japanese submarine tender Komahashi"><i>Komahashi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jingei-class_submarine_tender" title="Jingei-class submarine tender"><i>Jingei</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ry%C5%ABh%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō"><i>Taigei</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heian_Maru_(1930)" title="Heian Maru (1930)">Heian Maru</a></i><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Research_vessel" title="Research vessel">Survey ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsukushi-class_survey_ship" title="Tsukushi-class survey ship"><i>Tsukushi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_survey_ship_Katsuriki" title="Japanese survey ship Katsuriki"><i>Katsuriki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_auxiliary_survey_ship_Hakusa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese auxiliary survey ship Hakusa (page does not exist)"><i>Hakusa</i></a> (ex-China customs <i>Fu Hsing</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Target_ship" title="Target ship">Target ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Settsu" title="Japanese battleship Settsu"><i>Settsu</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Yakaze" title="Japanese destroyer Yakaze"><i>Yakaze</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_target_ship_Hakachi" title="Japanese target ship Hakachi"><i>Hakachi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Chama-class_target_ship" title="Ōhama-class target ship"><i>Ōhama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">Training ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Fuji" title="Japanese battleship Fuji"><i>Fuji</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Shikishima" title="Japanese battleship Shikishima"><i>Shikishima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Asama" title="Japanese cruiser Asama"><i>Asama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Azuma" title="Japanese cruiser Azuma"><i>Azuma</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kasuga" title="Japanese cruiser Kasuga"><i>Kasuga</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Yat_Sen" title="Chinese cruiser Yat Sen"><i>Atada</i></a> (ex-ROCN <a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Yat_Sen" title="Chinese cruiser Yat Sen"><i>Yat Sen</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dya_(icebreaker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sōya (icebreaker)"><i>Sōya</i></a> (freighter)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_munition_ship_Kashino" title="Japanese munition ship Kashino"><i>Kashino</i></a> (turret transporter)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_icebreaker_%C5%8Ctomari" title="Japanese icebreaker Ōtomari"><i>Ōtomari</i></a> (icebreaker)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tategami-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Tategami-class salvage tugboat"><i>Tategami</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasashima-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Kasashima-class salvage tugboat"><i>Kasashima</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tategami-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Tategami-class salvage tugboat"><i>Miura</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiy%C5%8D_No.1-class_oceanographic_research_ship" title="Kaiyō No.1-class oceanographic research ship"><i>Kaiyō No.1</i></a> (oceanographic research ship)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinese_gunboat_Yung_Chien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinese gunboat Yung Chien (page does not exist)"><i>Asuka</i></a> (traffic ship, ex-ROCN <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinese_gunboat_Yung_Chien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinese gunboat Yung Chien (page does not exist)"><i>Yung Chien</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>S</dt> <dd>Single ship of class</dd> <dt>C</dt> <dd>Converted to ship type</dd> <dt>I</dt> <dd>Incomplete until the end of war</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" 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