Ajiro class minelayers




Displacement720t standard, 738t trial
Length69.50m pp, 73.50m wl, 75.50m oa
Width7.85m
Draught2.60m
Machinery2-shaft diesel, 3500bhp
Speed20kt
Armament1-8cm/40cal AA gun, 2-13.2mm AA, 120 mines
Complement100



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
AjiroFY1941Hitachi, Innoshima?19431944. 7.31MLB1944.10. 1 sunk
(torpedoed, near Chichijima)
[28.20N, 139.25E]
1944.12.10 disc
(12 more are planned, but not laid down)



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