Japanese submarine tender Jingei

Jingei in 1923
History
Japan
NameJingei
Ordered1920 Fiscal Year
BuilderMitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyards
Laid down16 February 1922
Launched4 May 1923
Completed30 August 1923
Out of service10 October 1944
Stricken10 November 1944
FateScrapped 1953
General characteristics initial
Class & typeJingei-class submarine tender
Displacement
  • 5,160 long tons (5,243 t) standard
  • 7,678 long tons (7,801 t) trial
Length
  • 125.40 m (411 ft 5 in) overall
  • 123.00 m (403 ft 7 in) waterline
Beam16.22 m (53 ft 3 in)
Draught6.28 m (20 ft 7 in)
Installed power7,500 shp (5,600 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Parsons geared turbines
  • 6 × Kampon coal/oil-fired boilers , 2-shafts
Speed18.5 knots (21.3 mph; 34.3 km/h)
Range10,400 nmi (19,300 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Capacity40 torpedoes, 1700 tons of fuel
Complement364
Armament
Aircraft carried
  • 1927-1942
  • 1 × float plane
Aviation facilitiesderrick and deck
General characteristics after 1935
Displacement
  • 6,240 long tons (6,340 t) standard
  • 8,288 long tons (8,421 t) trial
Length123.47 m (405 ft 1 in) waterline
Beam17.15 m (56 ft 3 in)
Draught6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
Speed16.0 knots (18.4 mph; 29.6 km/h)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
1 × 21-Gō early warning radar
Armament

Jingei (迅鯨, Swift Whale), was the lead vessel of the Jingei-class submarine tenders operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, from the 1920s through World War II. She was the first purpose-built submarine tender in the Imperial Japanese Navy.