Japanese gunboat Hashidate
Hashidate in Osaka Bay, June 1940 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Hashidate |
| Ordered | 1937 |
| Builder | Osaka Iron Works |
| Laid down | February 20, 1939 |
| Launched | December 23, 1939 |
| Completed | June 30, 1940 |
| Stricken | July 10, 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk, May 22, 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hashidate-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 993 long tons (1,009 t) |
| Length | 78.5 m (257 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 2.45 m (8 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | >4,600 hp (3,400 kW) geared turbine |
| Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 158 |
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Hashidate (橋立, Standing Bridge) was the lead vessel in the Hashidate-class gunboats in the Imperial Japanese Navy, that operated in China during the 1940s.