5-go 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 第5号掃海艇 [5-go] | Mitsui, Tamano | 3/1928 | 30.10.1928 | 2.1929 | sunk 4.11.1944 | ||
| 第6号掃海艇 [6-go] | Hitachi, Sakurajima | 3.1928 | 29.10.1928 | 2.1929 | sunk 26.12.1941 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
620 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
717 |
|
Length, m |
72.0 pp 75.0 wl 77.0 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
8.25 |
|
Draught, m |
2.25 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 3 Kampon boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
4000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
21 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 176 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(14) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 1 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, mechanical minesweeping gear or 50 mines |
|
Complement |
87 |
Project history: Built under the 1927 programme. Development of W1 class.
Modernizations: 1934 - 1935, both: permanent ballast was added, full displacement was 826t; - 1 x 1 - 76/40.
1944, 5-go: - 1 x 1 - 120/45, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, minesweeping gear; + 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 3 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 DCT (36), 93-shiki hydrophone
Naval service: W6 26.12.1941 was sunk at Borneo by Dutch aircraft. W5 4.11.1944 was sunk E off Sumatra by British submarine Terrapin.
6-go
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