Ukuru class escorts



Ukuru

Displacement940t standard, 1004t trial
Length72.5m pp, 77.5m wl, 78.8m oa
Width9.1m
Draught3.06m
Machinery2-shaft diesel, 4200bhp
Speed19.5kt
Armament3-12cm/45cal gun (2x1, 1x1), 6-25mm AA, 120 DCs
Complementapprox. 150



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
UkuruFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1943.10. 91944. 5.151944. 7.31DE1945.11.30 disc
1945.12. 1 minesweeper
1946. 7.10 minesweeper tender
1947.12. 2 disc
1947.12.26 to Dept. of Transportation
(weather survey ship Ukuru-maru)
1949. 1. 1 JMSA(Patrol ship Satsuma)
1965.11.24 disc
HiburiFY1942Hitachi, Sakurajima1944. 1. 31944. 4.101944. 6.27DE1944. 8.22 sunk
(torpedoed, off Manila bay)
[14.15N, 120.25E]
1944.10.10 disc
ShonanFY1942Hitachi, Sakurajima1944. 2.231944. 5.191944. 7.13DE1945. 2.25 sunk
(torpedoed, S of Hainan I.)
[17.52N, 110.05E]
1945. 4.10 disc
DaitoFY1942Hitachi, Sakurajima1944. 4.171944. 6.241944. 8. 7DE 1945.11.16 sunk
(mined, Tsushima St.)
1945.11.20 disc
OkinawaFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1943.12.101944. 6.191944. 8.16DE1945. 7.30 sunk
(air attack, Maizuru)
[35.30N, 135.21E]
1945. 9.15 disc
KumeFY1943Hitachi, Sakurajima1944. 5.261944. 8.151944. 9.25DE1945. 1.28 sunk
(torpedoed, Yellow sea)
[33.54N, 122.55E]
1945. 3.10 disc
IkunaFY1943Hitachi, Sakurajima1944. 6.301944. 9. 41944.10.15DE1945.11.30 disc
1945.12. 1 minesweeper
1946. 7.10 minesweeper tender
1947.12.26 disc
to Dept. of Transportation
(weather survey ship Ikuna-maru)
1949. 1. 1 JMSA(Patrol ship Ojika)
1963. 5.25 disc
ShinnanFY1942Uraga Dock1944. 5.241944. 9. 51944.10.21DE1945.11.30 disc
1945.12. 1 minesweeper
1946. 7.10 minesweeper tender
1947.11. 1 disc
1947.12.26 to Dept. of Transportation
(weather survey ship Shinnan-maru)
1949. 1. 1 JMSA(Patrol ship Tsugaru)
1966. 6. 3 disc
1967.10 to Petrol development agency
YakuFY1943Uraga Dock1944. 5.241944. 9. 51944.10.23DE1945. 2.23 sunk
(torpedoed, off French Indochina)
[12.44N, 109.29E]
1945. 4.10 disc
AguniFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1944. 2.151944. 9.211944.12. 2DE1945.11.30 disc
1948. 5.20 BU finished
MokutoFY1943Hitachi, Sakurajima1944.11. 51945. 1. 71945. 2.19DE1945. 4. 4 sunk
(mined, Kanmon St.)
[33.53N, 131.03E]
1945. 5. 5 disc
InagiFY1944Mitsui, Tamano1944. 5.151944. 9.251944.12.16DE1945. 8. 9 sunk
(air attack, Hachinohe)
[40.32N, 141.30E]
1945. 9.15 disc
UkuFY1944Sasebo NYd1944. 8. 11944.11.121944.12.30DE1945.10. 5 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 7. 4 to USA, BU
ChikubuFY1943Uraga Dock1944. 9. 81944.11.241944.12.31DE1945.11.30 disc
1945.12. 1 minesweeper
1946. 7.10 minesweeper tender
1947.11. 1 disc
1947.12.26 to Dept. of Transportation
(weather survey ship Chikubu-maru)
1949. 1. 1 JMSA(Patrol ship Atsumi)
1962. 4.10 disc
HabushiFY1944Mitsui, Tamano1944. 8.201944.11.201945. 1.10DE1945.10. 5 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 9. 6 to USA
1947.10.13 BU finished
SakitoFY1943Hitachi, Sakurajima1944. 9. 71944.11.291945. 1.10DE1945.11.20 disc
1947.12. 1 BU finished
KugaFY1944Sasebo NYd1944. 8. 11944.11.191945. 1.25DE1945.11.30 disc
1948. 5.30 BU finished
OjikaFY1944Mitsui, Tamano1944. 9. 71944.12.301945. 2.21DE1945. 5. 2 sunk
(torpedoed, Yellow sea)
[33.56N, 122.49E]
1945. 5.25 disc
KozuFY1943Uraga Dock1944.10.201944.12.311945. 2. 7DE1945.11.30 disc
1945.12. 1 minesweeper
1947. 8.28 to USSR
KanawaFY1944Mitsui, Tamano1944.11.151945. 1.201945. 3.15DE1945.10. 5 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 8.14 to UK, BU
ShigaFY1943Sasebo NYd1944.11.251945. 2. 91945. 3.30DE1945.11.30 disc
1945.12. 1 minesweeper
1946.11. 1 Liaison boat
1947.12.31 disc
to Dept. of Transportation
1950.12.31 weather survey ship(Shiga-maru)

1949. 1. 1 JMSA(Training Ship Kojima)
1964. 5. 6 disc
AmamiFY1942Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi1944. 2.141944.11.131945. 4. 8DE1945.10. 5 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 9.10 to UK
1947.12.20 BU finished
HodakaFY1943Uraga Dock1944.11.271945. 1.281945. 3.30DE1945.10. 5 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 7.19 to USA
1948. 3. 1 BU finished
HabutoFY1944Hitachi, Sakurajima1944.12. 31945. 2.281945. 4. 7DE1945.10.23 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 7.16 to UK, BU
IwoFY1944Maizuru NYd1944.11.251945. 2.121945. 3.24DE1945.10. 5 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1948. 7. 2 BU finished
TakaneFY1944Mitsui, Tamano1944.12.151945. 2.131945. 4.26DE1945.10. 5 disc
1947.11.27 BU finished
IkaraFY1943Uraga Dock1944.12.261945. 2.221945. 4.30DE1945.11.30 disc
ShisakaFY1943Hitachi, Sakurajima1944. 8.211944.10.311944.12.15DE1945. 9.15 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 7. 6 to China
1949 to PRC
IkunoFY1943Uraga Dock1945. 1. 31945. 3.111945. 7.17DE1945. 9.15 disc
1945.12. 1 Transport for retreat
1947. 7.29 to USSR
OtsuFY1943Hitachi, Sakurajima1945. 1.121945. 5.10-1946. 2.17 capsized
1948. 3.25 BU completed
UrumiFY1943Uraga Dock?1945. 5.26-1946 BU
MurotsuFY1943Uraga Dock?1945. 6.15-1946 BU
TomoshiriFY1943Hitachi, Sakurajima1945. 3. 5--1947.10.23 BU finished



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