Japanese escort ship Kanawa

History
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Name: Kanawa
Builder: Mitsui Shipbuilding, Tamano
Laid down: 15 November 1944
Launched: 20 January 1945
Commissioned: 15 March 1945
Fate: Scrapped 1947
General characteristics
Displacement: 940 tons
Length: 78,8 meters
Beam: 9 meters
Draught: 3 meters
Propulsion: diesels, 4200 bhp
Speed: 19,5 knots
Complement: 150
Armament:

Kanawa was an Ukuru-class escort ship ("Kaibokan") of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.[1] After the war Kanawa was used in repatriation service. She was then taken by the British and scrapped in 1947 at Singapore.

References

  1. Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito) (2003). "Ukuru class escorts". Nifty.com.
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