Japanese cruiser Yasoshima
Service
- as Ping Hai? — 23 September 1937
- as Yasoshima1938 — 25 November 19441,912 days of the war
- Name
- Yasoshima
- Builder
- Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China
- Laid down
- 28 June 1931
- Launched
- 28 September 1935
- Recommissioned
- 25 September 1944
- Fate
- Sunk 25 November 1944 by US Navy aircraft
By aircraft (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,409 long tons (2,448 t)
- Length
- 109.73 m (360 ft)
- Beam
- 11.89 m (39 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 361
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
Yasoshima was a Ning Hai-class cruiser in service with the Chinese Navy. Her keel was laid at Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China on 28 June 1931. She was launched on 28 September 1935.
Three ships of the class were built.
Displacement was 2,409 long tons. She measured 109.7 m (360 ft) long with a beam of 11.9 m (39 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 361.
Her main battery was six 140 mm (5.5 in) guns.
She served with the Chinese Navy as Ping Hai until 23 September 1937. She then passed to the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving as Yasoshima from 1938. She was in commission for 1,912 days of the Second World War. She recommissioned on 25 September 1944.
She was sunk on 25 November 1944 by aircraft. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Two-shaft Reciprocating Engines; 1 oil-fired and 4 coal-fired boilers; 7488 hp
- Armament
- 6 × 140 mm/50 guns
- 3 × 76 mm AA guns
- 4 × 57 mm AA guns
- 4 × machine guns
- 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 9 × depth charges
- Armour
- Belt: 25 to 76 mm
- Armour deck: 19 to 25 mm
- Turrets: 25 mm
- Conning tower: 25 mm
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese cruiser Yasoshima on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 日本海軍艦艇写真集 巡洋艦p186 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons