Hashima class cable layer
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The was a class of cable layers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
(IJN), serving during World War II
. Four vessels were built in 1939–41 under the Maru 4 Programme
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Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
(IJN), serving during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Four vessels were built in 1939–41 under the Maru 4 Programme
4th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Japan, 1939)
The was one of the armaments expansion plan of the Imperial Japanese Navy .-Background:In 1939, the IJN started new naval armaments expansion plan...
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Ships in class
Project number J21.| Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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Kawasaki, Kōbe Shipyard Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation -External links:*... |
15 October 1939 as Hatsushima |
10 April 1940 | 15 October 1940 as Hashima |
Renamed Hashima on 15 October 1940. Sunk by USS Sennet USS Sennet (SS-408) USS Sennet , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sennet, a barracuda.Sennet was laid down on 8 March 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 6 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Roscoe W. Downs; and commissioned on 22 August 1944, Commander... off Owase Owase, Mie is a city located in the south of Mie, Japan. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 21,002 and the density of 109 persons per km². The total area is 193.16 km².... 33°58′N 136°17′E on 28 April 1945. Decommissioned on 10 July 1945. |
| Kawasaki, Kōbe Shipyard |
15 January 1940 | 24 May 1940 | 28 March 1941 | Decommissioned on 30 November 1945. Transferred to Ministry of Communications and Transportation Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The ' or Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. The English name Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications was used prior to 2004... and renamed Tsurushima Maru in 1945. Transferred to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation on 8 September 1951. Retired in March 1968. |
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| Harima Zōsen | 22 April 1940 | 11 December 1940 | 31 July 1941 | Sunk by air raid off Kusagaki Islands 30°40′N 127°50′E on 27 March 1945. Decommissioned on 10 July 1945. | |
| Harima Zōsen | 22 April 1940 | 1 March 1941 | 31 August 1941 | Sunk by air raid at South China Sea South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around... 11°50′N 109°18′E on 21 March 1945. Decommissioned on 10 May 1945. |
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