Japanese fleet oiler Hario
The Hario (針尾) was a Japanese fleet oiler, serving during World War II. 4 vessels were planned under the Maru Sen Programme, however only 1 vessel was completed until the end of war.
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Name: | Hario |
Namesake: | Hario Channel |
Builder: | Harima Zōsen Corporation |
Laid down: | 2 June 1944 |
Launched: | 4 October 1944 |
Completed: | 1 December 1944 |
Commissioned: | 1 December 1944 |
Decommissioned: | 10 May 1945 |
Fate: | Sunk on 3 March 1945 [1] |
Class overview | |
Preceded by: | Kazahaya-class oiler |
Succeeded by: | Muroto-class collier |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Replenishment oiler |
Displacement: | 18,500 long tons (18,797 t) standard |
Length: | 154.32 m (506 ft 4 in) Lpp |
Beam: | 20.00 m (65 ft 7 in) |
Draught: | 8.80 m (28 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
Range: | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
Capacity: | unknown |
Complement: | unknown |
Armament: |
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Construction
The Hario-class oilers were planned instead of the cancelled Kazahaya class oilers. The Navy Technical Department (Kampon) armed these vessels as a Type 1TL wartime standard ship.
Service
The Hario was completed and assigned to the Combined Fleet on 1 December 1944, joining the Hi-89 convoy from Moji to Singapore on 24 January 1945. She arrived in Singapore on 9 February 1945, joining the Hi-94 convoy (returning to Moji from Singapore) on 23 February 1945. On 1 March, she arrived at a relay point at Yulin, Hainan. Two days later, on 3 March, she left Yulin, only to hit a mine and sink the same day.[1] She was decommissioned 10 May.
Ships in class
Ship # | Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
4901 | Hario (針尾) | Harima Zōsen Corporation | 2 June 1944 | 4 October 1944 | 1 December 1944 | Struck a naval mine at Yulin and sank on 3 March 1945.[1] |
4902 | Inatori (稲取) | Cancelled in 1945. | ||||
4903 | Karasaki (韓崎) | |||||
4904 | Tatsumai (龍舞) | |||||
Footnotes
- Another opinion: Sank on 15:07, 4 March 1945.
References
- Ships of the World special issue Vol.47, Auxiliary Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy, "Kaijinsha"., (Japan), March 1997
- Shinshichirō Komamiya, The Wartime Convoy Histories, "Shuppan Kyōdōsha". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-05-23., (Japan), October 1987, ISBN 4-87970-047-9