Japanese escort ship Matsuwa
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Background and description
The Etorofu class was an improved version of the preceding Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". with a greater emphasis on anti-submarine warfare. The ships measured Script error: No such module "convert". overall, with a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a draft of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] They displaced Script error: No such module "convert". at standard load and Script error: No such module "convert". at deep load. The ships had two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft, which were rated at a total of Script error: No such module "convert". for a speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. The ships had a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at a speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
The main armament of the Etorofu class consisted of three Type 3 Script error: No such module "convert". guns in single mounts, one superfiring pair aft and one mount forward of the superstructure. They were built with four Type 96 Script error: No such module "convert". anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun mounts, but the total was increased to 15 guns by August 1943. 36 depth charges were stowed aboard initially, but this later increased by August 1943 to 60 depth charges with a Type 97 Script error: No such module "convert". trench mortar[2] and six depth charge throwers. They received Type 22 and Type 13 radars and Type 93 sonar in 1943–44.
Construction and career
Matsuwa was launched by Mitsui, Tumano, on 19 April 1942 and completed on 1 April 1943. On 2 August 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in Hidai Bay.[2]
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External links
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- World War II naval ships of Japan
- Ships sunk by American submarines
- Etorofu-class escort ships
- 1942 ships
- Maritime incidents in August 1944
- Ships built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding
- Shipwrecks of the Philippines
- Shipwrecks in the South China Sea