For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Yaeyama.
Yaeyama during trials, 1932
History
Japan
Name
Yaeyama
Ordered
fiscal 1927
Builder
Kure Naval Arsenal
Laid down
2 August 1930
Launched
13 October 1931
Commissioned
31 August 1932
Stricken
10 November 1944
Fate
Sunk in action, 24 September 1944
General characteristics
Type
minelayer
Displacement
1,135 long tons (1,153 t) standard, 1380 tons normal
Length
85.5 m (281 ft) pp,
89 m (292 ft) waterline
Beam
10.65 m (34 ft 11 in)
Draught
2.84 m (9 ft 4 in)
Propulsion
2-shaft steam engine, 2 boilers, 4,800 hp (3,600 kW)
Speed
20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Range
3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 14 knots
Complement
180
Armament
2 × 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval guns
2 × Type 93 13 mm AA Guns
185 × Type 6 naval mines
Armour
none
Yaeyama (八重山) was a small minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II primarily as an escort vessel.[1] She was named after the Yaeyama Islands in the Ryukyu Islands chain. She was the first Japanese warship built with an all-welded hull.[2]
^Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 199
^Watts, Anthony J (1967). Japanese Warships of World War II. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-3850-9189-3.
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