Japanese gunboat Hashidate

Hashidate in Osaka Bay, June 1940
History
Japan
NameHashidate
Ordered1937
BuilderOsaka Iron Works
Laid downFebruary 20, 1939
LaunchedDecember 23, 1939
CompletedJune 30, 1940
StrickenJuly 10, 1944
FateSunk, May 22, 1944
General characteristics
Class & typeHashidate-class gunboat
Displacement993 long tons (1,009 t)
Length78.5 m (257 ft 7 in)
Beam9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draught2.45 m (8 ft 0 in)
Propulsion>4,600 hp (3,400 kW) geared turbine
Speed19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement158
Armament

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.