W-19 class minesweepers



Displacement648t standard, 743t trial
Length67.30m pp, 71.30m wl, 72.50m oa
Width7.85m
Draught2.61m
Machinery2-shaft geared turbine, 2 boilers, 3850shp
Speed20kt
Range2000nm by 14kt
Armament3-12cm/45cal AA gun, 2-25mm AA, DCs
Complement?


Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
W-19FY1939Ishikawajima SB1940. 9.171941. 2.181941. 5.31MSw1941.12.10 sunk
(air attack, off Kagayan, Luzon I)
[18.22N, 121.38E]
1945.11.30 disc
W-20FY1939Ishikawajima SB1941. 3.191941. 9.171941.12.15MSw1945. 5. 5 sunk
(torpedoed, Yellow sea)
[34.16N, 123.37E]
1945. 5.25 disc
W-21FY1939Harima SB1941. 9.201941. 2.281942. 6.39MSw1945.10.25 disc
1947.10. 1 to USA, BU
W-22FY1939Ishikawajima SB1941.10. 61942. 4.281942. 7.31MSw1944.11.11 sunk
(air attack, off Palau)
1945. 1.10 disc
W-23FY1939Ishikawajima SB1942. 5. 51943. 1.131943. 3.31MSw1945.11.30 disc
1947.10. 3 to USSR
W-24FY1939Harima SB1942. 2. 51942. 9.261943. 1.25MSw1945. 7.15 sunk
(air attack, Tsugaru Strait)
[41.38N, 141.00E]
1945. 9.10 disc
W-25FY1941Kure NYd?19421943. 4.30MSw1944. 7. 4 sunk
(air attack, Chichijima)
[28.35N, 141.04E]
1944. 9.10 disc
W-26FY1941Mitsubishi, Yokohama?19421943. 3.31MSw1944. 2.17 sunk
(air attack, at Rabaul)
1944. 4.30 disc
W-27FY1941Harima SB?19421943. 7.31MSw1945. 7.10 sunk
(torpedoed, off Yamada bay)
[39.20N, 142.07E]
1945. 9.15 disc
W-28FY1941Kure NYd?19431943. 6.28MSw1944. 8.29 sunk
(torpedoed, N of Celebes)
[02.15N, 123.29E]
1944.10.10 disc
W-29FY1941Ishikawajima SB?19431943.10.22MSw1945. 5. 7 sunk
(mined, Kanmon Strait)
[34.02N, 130.54E]
1945. 8.10 disc
W-30FY1941Ishikawajima SB?19431944. 2. 5MSw1944.11.11 sunk
(air attack, Ormoc bay)
[10.50N, 124.31E]
1945. 1.10 disc
W-31FY1941----Cancelled
W-32FY1941----Cancelled
W-33FY1941Mitsubishi, Yokohama?19431943. 7.31MSw1945. 8. 9 sunk
(air attack, Onagawa bay)
1945. 9.15 disc
W-34FY1941Ishikawajima SB?19431944. 5.29MSw1945. 5.21 sunk
(torpedoed, E of Java sea)
[06.18S, 116.14E]
1945. 6.10 disc
W-35FY1941----Cancelled
W-36FY1941----Cancelled
W-37FY1941----Cancelled
W-38FY1941Fujinagata SB?19441944. 6.10MSw1944.11.19 sunk
(torpedoed, South China Sea)
[21.21N, 119.45E]
1945. 3.10 disc
W-39FY1941Harima SB?19441944. 5.27MSw1945. 7.20 sunk
(torpedoed, Yellow sea)
[35.01N, 125.42E]
1945. 9.15 disc
W-40FY1941----Cancelled
W-41FY1941Fujinagata SB?19441944. 7.17MSw1945. 1. 4 sunk
(air attack, Kaiko, Kainan I)
1945. 9.15 disc
W-42FY1942----Cancelled
W-43FY1942----Cancelled
W-44FY1942----Cancelled
W-45FY1942----Cancelled
W-46FY1942----Cancelled
W-47FY1942----Cancelled
W-48FY1942----Cancelled
W-49FY1942----Cancelled
W-50FY1942----Cancelled
W-51FY1942----Cancelled
W-52FY1942----Cancelled
W-53FY1942----Cancelled
W-54FY1942----Cancelled
W-55FY1942----Cancelled
W-56FY1942----Cancelled
W-57FY1942----Cancelled
W-58FY1942----Cancelled
W-59FY1942----Cancelled
W-60FY1942----Cancelled
W-61FY1942----Cancelled
W-62FY1942----Cancelled
W-63FY1942----Cancelled
W-64FY1942----Cancelled
W-65FY1942----Cancelled
W-66FY1942----Cancelled
W-67FY1942----Cancelled
W-68FY1942----Cancelled
W-69FY1942----Cancelled
W-70FY1942----Cancelled
W-71FY1942----Cancelled
W-72FY1942----Cancelled
W-73FY1942----Cancelled
W-74FY1942----Cancelled
W-75FY1942----Cancelled
W-76FY1942----Cancelled
W-77FY1942----Cancelled
W-78FY1942----Cancelled
W-79FY1942----Cancelled
W-80FY1942----Cancelled
W-81FY1942----Cancelled
W-82FY1942----Cancelled
W-83FY1942----Cancelled
W-84FY1942----Cancelled
W-85FY1942----Cancelled
W-86FY1942----Cancelled
W-87FY1942----Cancelled
W-88FY1942----Cancelled
(10 more were planned)


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