2-shaft diesel engine, 2 boilers, 1,900 hp (1,400 kW)
Speed
16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Range
3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 14 knots
Complement
94
Armament
2xType 5 4cm AA guns, 13x Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun, 120 naval mines , 36 depth charges
Armour
none
Kamishima (神島) was a small minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the final stages of World War II. She was named after Kamishima Island, a small island in Mie Prefecture, offshore Toba, Mie. She was the lead ship of the two-vessel Kamishima-class.[1]
^Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
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