W-7-class minesweeper
No.7 on 23 September 1942 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | No.7-class minesweeper |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | No.13 class |
| Succeeded by | No.19 class |
| Cost | 2,230,823 JPY (in 1937) |
| Built | 1937 – 1939 |
| In commission | 1938 – 1946 |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 5 |
| Retired | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Displacement | 630 long tons (640 t) standard |
| Length | 72.50 m (237 ft 10 in) overall |
| Beam | 7.85 m (25 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement | 98 |
| Armament |
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The No.7-class minesweepers (第七号型掃海艇,, Dai Nana Gō-gata Sōkaitei) were a class of minesweepers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Six vessels were built in 1937–1939 under the Maru 3 Keikaku.