Chinese cruiser Ning Hai in 1932
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History | |
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Republic of China | |
Name | Ning Hai |
Ordered | 1930 |
Builder | Harima Shipyards, Japan |
Laid down | 20 February 1931 |
Launched | 10 October 1931 |
Commissioned | 1 September 1932 |
Fate | Sunk 23 September 1937 by Japanese aircraft |
Empire of Japan | |
Name | Ioshima |
Acquired | 4 May 1938 |
Reclassified | kaibokan, 1 June 1944 |
Stricken | 10 November 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by submarine USS Shad, 19 September 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ning Hai-class cruiser |
Displacement | 2,526 t (2,486 long tons) |
Length | 360 ft (110 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draught | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Propulsion | Three-shaft Reciprocating Engines; 4 coal/oil-fired boilers; 10,579 hp (7,889 kW) |
Speed | 23.2 knots (26.7 mph; 43.0 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 361 |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × floatplanes |
Aviation facilities | Hangar and hoist crane |
Ning Hai (Chinese: 甯海; lit. 'Peaceful Seas') was a light cruiser in the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) before World War II and the lead ship of her class. She was sunk in the early days of the Second Sino-Japanese War by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy, and her wreck was raised and repaired by the Japanese, re-entering service with the Japanese Navy in the Pacific War as the escort vessel Ioshima (五百島). She was sunk again in September 1944 by a USN submarine.[1]