 Notoro as seaplane tender, 1931
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Notoro |
| Namesake | 能登呂, Cape Notoro |
| Builder | Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard at Kobe[1] |
| Laid down | 24 November 1919[1] |
| Launched | 3 May 1920[1] |
| Commissioned | 10 August 1920[1] |
| Refit |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1947[2] |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Notoro-class oiler |
| Displacement | 15,400 long tons (15,647 t) normal |
| Length | 138.68 m (455 ft 0 in) p/p |
| Beam | 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Capacity | 8,000 tons of fuel oil |
| Complement | 142 |
| Armament |
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| General characteristics (as seaplane tender) | |
| Type | Seaplane carrier |
| Displacement | 14,050 long tons (14,280 t) (standard)[1] |
| Length | 138.68 m (455 ft 0 in) p/p[1](143.5 m (470 ft 10 in) waterline length) |
| Beam | 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
| Complement | 250 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 8 seaplanes (taking off from water) |
Notoro (能登呂) was an oiler of the Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned in 1920, which was rebuilt in 1924 into a seaplane tender and in 1941 back into an oiler. She participated in the First Shanghai Incident in 1932 and the Second Sino-Japanese War since 1937. In the fall of 1941, she was rebuilt back into an oiler. On 9 January and 20 September 1943, she was damaged by US Navy submarines but returned to service after repairs. On 29 June 1944, she was hit by two torpedoes launched by submarine USS Flasher. During repairs in Singapore Notoro was again damaged on 5 November 1944, this time by B-29 bombers. No further repairs were made until the end of the war and she was probably scrapped in 1947.[2]
- ^ a b c d e f g Hiroshi, Nishida. "Notoro seaplane tender".
- ^ a b c Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander; Alsleben, Allan; Cundall, Peter. "IJN Seaplane Tender/Oiler NOTORO: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com.
- ^ a b "Notoro Class". combinedfleet.com.
- ^ a b Jentschura, Hans Georg; Jung, Dieter; Mikel, Peter (1986). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869-1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 58–63. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
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