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Tsubame class minelayer

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Operators
  
Imperial Japanese Navy

Succeeded by
  
Natsushima-class

Preceded by
  
Sokuten-class

Built
  
1928–1929

Tsubame-class minelayer

Name
  
Tsubame class minelayer

Builders
  
Yokohama Dock Company Ōsaka Iron Works

The Tsubame class minelayer (燕型敷設艇,, Tsubame-gata Fusetsutei) was a class of minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during and after 1929 through World War II.

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Tsubame (燕)

  • 17 September 1928: Laid down as the Capture netlayer (捕獲網艇, Hokakumōtei) at Yokohama Dock Company.
  • 22 March 1929: Reclassified to 2nd class minelayer (二等敷設艇, Nitō-Fusetsutei).
  • 24 April 1929: Launched.
  • 10 July 1929: Completed.
  • 30 May 1931: Reclassified to Special service ship (特務艇, Tokumutei).
  • In 1936: Rebuilding by the Tomozuru Incident at Sasebo Naval Arsenal.
  • In 1938: Sortie for the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • 18 December 1941: Sortie for the invasion of the Lingayen Gulf.
  • (after): She spent all her time on convoy escort operations in East China Sea and Java Sea.
  • 1 February 1944: Reclassified to Minelayer (敷設艇, Fusetsutei).
  • 1 March 1945: Sunk by air raid from U.S. Navy aircraft carrier at Ishigaki Island.
  • 10 May 1945: Removed from Navy List.

    • Kamome (鷗)

  • 11 October 1928: Laid down as the Capture netlayer at Ōsaka Iron Works.
  • 22 March 1929: Reclassified to 2nd class minelayer.
  • 27 April 1929: Launched.
  • 30 August 1929: Completed.
  • 30 May 1931: Reclassified to Special service ship.
  • In 1936: Rebuilding by the Tomozuru Incident at Sasebo Naval Arsenal.
  • In 1938: Sortie for the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • 18 December 1941: Sortie for the invasion of the Lingayen Gulf.
  • (after): She spent all her time on convoy escort operations in East China Sea, South China Sea and Java Sea.
  • 1 February 1944: Reclassified to Minelayer.
  • 27 April 1944: Sunk by USS Halibut at north off Naha 27°37′N 128°11′E.
  • 10 June 1944: Removed from Navy List.

    • References

    Tsubame-class minelayer Wikipedia
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