Japanese minelayer Okinoshima

Okinoshima in 1937
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Okinoshima
Namesake	Okinoshima Island
Ordered	fiscal 1931
Builder	Harima Shipyards
Laid down	27 September 1934
Launched	24 November 1935
Commissioned	30 September 1936
Stricken	25 May 1942
Fate	Sunk after being torpedoed by USS S-42, 12 May 1942
General characteristics
Type	Minelayer
Displacement	4,290 long tons (4,359 t) (standard)
Length	113 m (370 ft 9 in) (pp) 119.29 m (391 ft 4 in) (waterline)
Beam	15.74 m (51 ft 8 in)
Draught	5.49 m (18 ft)
Installed power	4 boilers 9,000 shp (6,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	445
Armament	4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 × Type 3 80 mm AA Gun 2 × Type 93 13 mm AA Guns 500 × Type 6 naval mines 22 × depth charges
Aircraft carried	1 × Kawanishi E7K seaplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult

Okinoshima (沖島) was a large minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which was in service during the early stages of World War II. She was named after the Okinoshima Island in the Sea of Japan. She was the largest purpose-built minelayer in the IJN and the first Japanese minelayer to be equipped with a reconnaissance seaplane.