Japanese submarine tender Jingei
Jingei in 1923 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Jingei |
| Ordered | 1920 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyards |
| Laid down | 16 February 1922 |
| Launched | 4 May 1923 |
| Completed | 30 August 1923 |
| Out of service | 10 October 1944 |
| Stricken | 10 November 1944 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1953 |
| General characteristics initial | |
| Class & type | Jingei-class submarine tender |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 16.22 m (53 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power | 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 18.5 knots (21.3 mph; 34.3 km/h) |
| Range | 10,400 nmi (19,300 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Capacity | 40 torpedoes, 1700 tons of fuel |
| Complement | 364 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried |
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| Aviation facilities | derrick and deck |
| General characteristics after 1935 | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 123.47 m (405 ft 1 in) waterline |
| Beam | 17.15 m (56 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in) |
| Speed | 16.0 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.