Japanese fleet oiler Hario
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The was a Japanese fleet oiler, serving during the World War II
. 4 vessels were planned under the Maru Sen Programme
, however only 1 vessel was completed until the end of war.
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...
. 4 vessels were planned under the Maru Sen Programme
Wartime Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Japan, 1944)
The was the final armaments expansion plan of the Imperial Japanese Navy .-Background:Early 1944, the IJN started building warships for war. The plan did not include any large warships which were suitable for offensive operations.-Table of vessels:...
, however only 1 vessel was completed until the end of war.
Construction
- The Hario class oilers were planned instead of the Kazahaya class oilersJapanese fleet oiler KazahayaThe was a Japanese fleet oiler, serving during the Second World War.-Construction:*In 1941, the IJN wanted fleet oilers for their carrier task force, because they had only the eight old, low-speed tankers. The IJN prepared sixteen Kawasaki-type tankers to solve this. However, they did not have...
that a plan was cancelled. - The Navy Technical Department (Kampon)Imperial Japanese Navy Technical DepartmentThe was the externally operating division of the Ministry of the Navy of Japan responsible for the administration of naval vessel construction. From 1923 onward, it took on the role of a research institution for the research and development of naval technologies and engineering...
gave naval armaments to the Type 1TL wartime standard ship.
Service
- 1 December 1944 : Completed, and she assigned to the Combined FleetCombined FleetThe was the main ocean-going component of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Combined Fleet was not a standing force, but a temporary force formed for the duration of a conflict or major naval maneuvers from various units normally under separate commands in peacetime....
. - 24 January 1945 : Entry to the Hi-89 Convoy (from MojiMoji-ku, Kitakyushuis a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the former city of Moji which was one of five cities merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963. It faces the city of Shimonoseki across the Kanmon Straits between Honshū and Kyūshū....
to SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
). - 9 February 1945 : Arrived at Singapore.
- 23 February 1945 : Entry to the Hi-94 Convoy (from Singapore to Moji).
- 1 March 1945 : Arrived at relay point Yulin, HainanHainanHainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...
.
Fate
- 08:00, 3 March 1945 : Set sail from Yulin.
- 09:47, 3 March 1945 : Hario hit a naval mine and sank.
- 10 May 1945 : Decommissioned.
Ships in class
| Ship # | Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| 4901 | Harima Zōsen Corporation | 2 June 1944 | 4 October 1944 | 1 December 1944 | Struck a naval mine at Yulin and sank on 3 March 1945. | |
| 4902 | Cancelled in 1945. | |||||
| 4903 | ||||||
| 4904 | ||||||