The Muroto-class colliers (室戸型給炭艦,, Muroto-gata Kyūtankan) were a class of collier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving from roughly the end of World War I into World War II. Two vessels were built in 1918-19 under the Eight-four fleet plan.
Muroto in 1932
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Class overview | |
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Name | Muroto-class collier |
Builders | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Built | 1918 – 1919 |
In commission | 1918 – 1944 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Collier |
Displacement | |
Length | 105.16 m (345 ft 0 in) Lpp |
Beam | 15.24 m (50 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 7.06 m (23 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Capacity | 6,000 tons coal |
Complement | 124 |
Armament |
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Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Muroto (室戸) | Mitsubishi, Kōbe Shipyard | 4 July 1918 | 23 October 1918 | 7 December 1918 | Sunk by USS Sea Dog north of Amami Ōshima 29°10′N 129°44′E / 29.167°N 129.733°E on 22 October 1944. |
Noshima (野島)[1] | Mitsubishi, Kōbe Shipyard | 16 July 1918 | 3 February 1919 | 31 March 1919 | Sunk during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 3 March 1943. |