W-7-class minesweeper

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Class overview
Name	No.7-class minesweeper
Builders	Maizuru Naval Arsenal Tama Shipyard Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard Uraga Dock Company
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	No.13 class
Succeeded by	No.19 class
Cost	2,230,823 JPY (in 1937)
Built	1937 – 1939
In commission	1938 – 1946
Planned	6
Completed	6
Lost	5
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	630 long tons (640 t) standard
Length	72.50 m (237 ft 10 in) overall
Beam	7.85 m (25 ft 9 in)
Draught	2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 × triple expansion stages reciprocating engines 2 × Kampon mix-fired boilers 2 shafts, 3,850 shp
Speed	20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	98
Armament	3 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/45 naval guns 2 × 25 mm AA guns 36 × depth charges 1 × Type 94 depth charge projector 6 × paravanes

The No.7-class minesweepers (第七号型掃海艇,, Dai Nana Gō-gata Sōkaitei) were a class of minesweepers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Six vessels were built in 1937–1939 under the Maru 3 Keikaku.