Japanese gunboat Uji (1940)

Uji on the Yangtze River, 1941
History
Empire of Japan
NameUji
Ordered1937
BuilderOsaka Iron Works
Laid downJanuary 20, 1940
LaunchedSeptember 29, 1940
CompletedApril 30, 1941
StrickenOctober 25, 1945
FatePrize of war to China, September 13, 1945
Republic of China
NameChang Zhi
Acquired19 September 1945
Stricken22 September 1949
Faterebelled in Chinese Civil War
People's Republic of China
NameChang Zhi
Acquired19 September 1949
RenamedNan Chang
FateScrapped in 1980s
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Displacement993 long tons (1,009 t)
Length78.5 m (258 ft)
Beam9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draught2.45 m (8 ft 0 in)
Propulsion4,600 hp (3,400 kW) geared turbine
Speed19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement158
Armament

Uji (宇治) was the second and final vessel in the Hashidate-class gunboats in the Imperial Japanese Navy, that operated in China during the 1940s.