Last update: 22.02.2001
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Simane Maru class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1945 Complement (officers/enlisted):

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
160,50  /   153,11
Beam overall / wl.:
20,00  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
9,1  /  
Air deck
152,5x23
Elevators
1

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
11800
Full loaded
14500

Armament
Main guns
2x120/45
Secondary guns
52x25
Planes
12
Radars
13 Go

Engines
Boilers
2 Kanpon
Turbines
1 geared steam
Shafts
1

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
18,5
endurance
10000 miles @ 14 kts
Engines load
8600 HP
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Shimane Maru,