Chinese cruiser Ning Hai

Chinese cruiser Ning Hai in 1932
History
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
Armament	6 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 6 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns 8 × Vickers 2-pounder AA guns 10 × Vickers machine guns 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 9 × depth charges
Armour	Belt: 25 to 76 mm (0.98 to 2.99 in) Armour deck: 19 to 25 mm (0.75 to 0.98 in) Turrets: 25 mm (0.98 in) Conning tower: 25 mm (0.98 in)
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]