Mikura class escorts



Mikura

Displacement940t standard, 1004t trial
Length72.5m pp, 77.5m wl, 78.77m oa
Width9.1m
Draught3.06m
Machinery2-shaft diesel, 4400bhp
Speed19.5kt
Armament3-12cm/45cal gun (2x1, 1x1), 4-25mm AA, 120 DCs
Complementapprox. 150



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
MikuraFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1942.10. 11943. 7.161943.10.31DE1945. 3.28 missing
(torpedoed, off Cape Toi)
1945. 5.25 disc
MiyakeFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1943. 2.121943. 8.301943.11.30DE1945.11.30 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1948. 7. 2 BU finished
AwajiFY1942Hitachi, Sakurajima1943. 6. 11943.10.301944. 1.25DE1944. 6. 2 sunk
(torpedoed, E of Taiwan)
[22.34N, 121.51E]
1944. 7.10 disc
KurahashiFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1943. 6. 11943.10.151944. 2.19DE1945.11.30 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 9.14 to UK
1948. 1.15 BU finished
NomiFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1943. 8.101943.12. 31944. 2.28DE1945. 4.14 sunk
(torpedoed, NW of Cheju I.)
[23.25N, 126.15E]
1945. 5.25 disc
ChiburiFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1943. 7.201943.11.301944. 5.13DE1945. 1.12 sunk
(air attack, Saigon)
[10.20N, 107.50E]
1945. 3.10 disc
YashiroFY1942Hitachi, Sakurajima1943.11.181944. 2.161944. 5.10DE1945.11.30 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 8.29 to China
1963 disc
KusagakiFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1943. 9. 71944. 1.221944. 5.31DE1944. 8. 7 sunk
(torpedoed, W of Manila)
[14.51N, 119.59E]
1944.10.10 disc



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