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Japanese escort ship Amakusa

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Background and description
Construction and career
Notes
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Ship country = Empire of Japan

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Ship name = Amakusa

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Ship builder = Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Ship laid down = 5 April 1943

Ship launched = 1943

Ship completed = 20 November 1943

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Ship fate = 9 August 1945 sunk by Lt Robert Hampton Gray

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Etorofu|escort ship}}

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77.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}

9.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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3.05|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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19.7|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}

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Ship complement = 150

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120|mm|in|abbr=on}}/45 cal DP guns

Up to 15 × Type 96 {{convert|25|mm|in|abbr=on}} AA guns
6 × depth charge throwers
Up to 60 × depth charges

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The Japanese escort ship Amakusa was one of four {{sclass-|Etorofu|escort ship}}s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Background and description

The Etorofu class was an improved version of the preceding {{sclass-|Shimushu|escort ship|4}} with a greater emphasis on anti-submarine warfare. The ships measured {{convert|77.72|m|ftin|sp=us}} overall, with a beam of {{convert|9.1|m|ftin|sp=us}} and a draft of {{convert|3.05|m|ftin|sp=us}}.^[1] They displaced {{convert|870|LT|t|sp=us|disp=flip}} at standard load and {{convert|1020|LT|t|sp=us|disp=flip}} at deep load. The ships had two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft, which were rated at a total of {{convert|4200|bhp|lk=in}} for a speed of {{convert|19.7|kn|lk=in}}. The ships had a range of {{convert|8000|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|16|kn}}.^[2]

The main armament of the Etorofu class consisted of three Type 3 {{convert|120|mm|adj=on|1|sp=us}} guns in single mounts, one superfiring pair aft and one mount forward of the superstructure. They were built with four Type 96 {{convert|25|mm|adj=on|1|sp=us}} anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun mounts, but the total was increased to 15 guns by August 1943. 36 depth charges were stowed aboard initially, but this later increased by August 1943 to 60 depth charges with a Type 97 {{convert|81|mm|adj=on|1|sp=us}} trench mortar^[2] and six depth charge throwers. They received Type 22 and Type 13 radars and Type 93 sonar in 1943–44.

Construction and career

Amakusa was damaged by a magnetic mine at Chichi-jima on 20 December 1944. Sailed to Yokosuka and drydocked 13 January 1945. Repairs finished 22 January. On 26 February 1945 damaged by US Navy aircraft from Task Force 58 east of Izu Shima, 26 crewmen killed. Repaired at Yokosuka with repairs finished on 16 March 1945. On 9 August 1945, while lying in harbor at the Onagawa Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, the ship came under attack by a Corsair piloted by Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray and was sunk; 71 crewmen, and Lt. Gray (while he earned the Victoria Cross), were killed.^[3]

In 2007, a memorial was dedicated to both the crew of Amakusa and Lt. Gray overlooking the town of Onagawa in Sakiyama Scenic Park.^[4]

Notes

1. ^Chesneau, p. 205
2. ^¹Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 187
3. ^{{cite web|last=Soward |first=Stuart E. |title=A brilliant flying spirit: Lt. Hampton Gray, VC, DSC, RCNVR |url=http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/heroes/gray.html |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415204124/http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/heroes/gray.html |archivedate=15 April 2012 |df= }} Retrieved 2012.03.13
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~UN3k-MN/hondo-onagawa.htm |title=女川防備隊 |language=Japanese |date=23 December 2009 |accessdate=27 August 2015}}

References

{{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
{{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 0-87021-893-X|lastauthoramp=y}}

External links

{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Amakusa_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=10 August 2013}}{{August 1945 shipwrecks}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Amakusa}}

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