Uji ( Japanese я 治 ) - gunboat of the Japanese Imperial Navy .
| Uji from 09/13/45 "Chan Chi" since 1955 Nan Chan | |
|---|---|
| 宇 治 / 長治 / 南昌 | |
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| Service | |
 Japan | |
| Class and type of vessel | Gunboat |
| Manufacturer | Osaka Metallurgical Plant |
| Construction started | January 20, 1940 |
| Launched | September 26, 1940 |
| Commissioned | April 30, 1941 |
| Status | Disassembled for metal |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1009 t |
| Length | 78.5 m |
| Width | 9.7 m |
| Draft | 2.45 m |
| Power | 4600 l. with. (3,400 kW) |
| Speed | 19.5 knots |
| Sailing range | 2500 nautical miles at a speed of 14 knots |
| Crew | 158 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 1 - 120 mm Type 3 guns , 2 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns Type 96 , 2 × 7.7 mm machine gun |
Ship History
Uji gunboat was ordered in accordance with the 3rd Fleet Expansion Program adopted in 1937. The second in a series of two ships (the lead ship is the Hasidate ship). Named after its predecessor, the Uji gunboat, built in 1903. Laid down at the shipyard of the Osaka Metallurgical Plant (now part of the Hitachi Zosen Corporation, which separated after the war from Hitachi Corporation) on January 20, 1940, launched on September 29, 1940, became part of the Imperial Fleet on April 30, 1941. [one]
Initially, the boat was intended to be used to support the actions of the Imperial Army off the coast of China during the Sino-Japanese war . At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, it was subordinate to the Yangtze River Squadron of the "First Fleet in Chinese Waters " and for some time carried the flag of Vice Admiral Komatsu . Also included in the 11th escort group. [2]
In 1943, the armament was strengthened by five additional 25 mm anti-aircraft guns , and in 1944 - depth charges . The boat spent most of World War II in the Shanghai area, patrolling the lower reaches of the Yangtze River . On April 21, 1944, she was sent to guard the Take Iti convoy transporting the 32nd and 35th divisions from China via Takao , Keelung and Manila to New Guinea . In the East China Sea, the convoy was attacked by the American Spearfish submarine and the Uji left it to escort the damaged Mamiya transport to Moji (now part of Kitakyushu ), arriving there on May 9. In August 1944, the boat again left Moji as part of a convoy sailing to Taiwan and Okinawa , and returned to Shanghai in January 1945.
04/10/1945 damaged by a mine explosion. After the surrender of Japan, she surrendered in Shanghai, became part of the Navy of the Republic of China and was renamed Chang Chi (长治) on September 13, 1945, however, she remained on the Imperial Navy lists until October 25. 28 Japanese were left in the carriage as military experts. In 1947-8, the boat takes part in hostilities in the Gulf of Bohai.
On September 22, 1949, it sank after the bombing, was captured by the PLA forces, raised, repaired at the Jiangnan Shipyard and included in the Chinese Navy under the name "August 1" (八一). In 1955, it was rearmament with two Soviet 130-mm guns and six 37-mm anti-aircraft guns and in April it was renamed Nan Chan (南昌), becoming the flagship of the 6th Fleet. In 1979 decommissioned.
Notes
- ↑ Nishida, Hiroshi Materials of IJN . Imperial Japanese Navy . (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Nevitt, Allyn D. IJN Uji : Tabular Record of Movement . Combinedfleet.com (1997).
Literature
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X .
- Watts, Anthony J (1967). Japanese Warships of World War II. Doubleday ASIN B000KEV3J8.
- Chesneau, Roger (1979). Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5 .
- 雑 誌 「丸」 編 集 部 編 『写真 日本 の 軍艦 第 9 巻 軽 巡 Ⅱ』 （光 人 社 、 1990 年） ISBN 4-7698-0459-8
- 田村 俊 夫 「未 発 表 写真 で 綴 る 戦 中 ・ 戦 後 の 砲艦「 宇 治 」」 上 、 下
- 海 人 社 『世界 の 艦船』 1996 年 4 月 号 No.509 p100 ～ p107 、 1996 年 5 月 号 No.510 p209 ～ p215