Okinoshima (1936)
History
The Navy’s largest purpose-built minelayer, the first fitted with an embarked reconnaissance seaplane, commissioned 30 September 1936 (Harima/Ishikawajima-Harima). Sole ship - the similar, larger Tsugaru is an independent follow-on design, not a sister ship. The year suffix in the title is needed because an unrelated ex-Russian coast-defense ship (the captured “General-Admiral Apraksin,” 1905, decommissioned 1922) carried the same name.
Ships in this class
| Ship | Kanji | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Okinoshima | 沖ノ島 | Damaged by carrier aircraft at Tulagi on 4 May 1942, torpedoed by the submarine USS S-42 on 11 May 1942, capsized and sank near Rabaul on 12 May 1942. |
Builds of this class
No build for this ship class yet.
Available kits
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