Back Itsukushima (Schiff, 1929) German مینگذار ایتسوکوشیما FA 厳島 (敷設艦) Japanese Ицукусима (минный заградитель) Russian Іцукусіма (загороджувач) Ukrainian
 Itsukushima, circa 1935
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| History | |
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 Japan | |
| Name | Itsukushima |
| Ordered | Fiscal 1923 |
| Builder | Uraga Dock Company[1] |
| Laid down | 2 February 1928 |
| Launched | 22 May 1929 |
| Commissioned | 26 December 1929 |
| Stricken | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by HNLMS Zwaardvisch, 7 October 1944[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minelayer |
| Displacement | 1,970 long tons (2,002 t) (standard) |
| Length | 104 m (341 ft 2 in) (waterline) |
| Beam | 11.83 m (38 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 3.22 m (10 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 3 shafts; 3 diesel engines |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 221 |
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Itsukushima (厳島) was a medium-sized minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. She was named after Itsukushima, a sacred island in Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan. She was the first warship in the Imperial Japanese Navy with all-diesel engine propulsion.[2]
- ^ a b "Itsukushima". Miramar Ship Index. R.B.Haworth. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
- ^ Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.