Cost 1,760,000 JPY In commission 1940–1968 | Built 1939–1941 | |
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Name Hashima-class cable layer Builders Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
Harima Zōsen Corporation Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Government of Japan
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation | ||
The Hashima-class cable layers (初島型電纜敷設艇,, Hashima-gata Denran-Fusetsutei) were the only class of purpose-built 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.
Apart from laying communications cables, these ships were also designed as mine planters, for the installation of controlled mines in coastal fortifications.
Ships in class
Project number J21.
References
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