Английская Википедия:Ashizuri-class combat support ship

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The Шаблон:Nihongo was a class of two support ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II.

Construction

In 1940, the IJN planned two support ship classes to help their aircraft carriers. One was the 4,500-ton Шаблон:Sclass, the other one the 8,000 ton Ashizuri class. The Ashizuri was planned to support for two large-sized carriers (Шаблон:Ship, Шаблон:Ship and Шаблон:Sclass) in the battlefield. The thought is the same as USS Sacramento.

Service

Not joining the IJN till mid-1943 when the Japanese navy was well and truly on the back foot, the ships participated in convoy duties delivering fuel oil around Southeast Asia. Their top speed of 16 knots meant that they would not have been capable of keeping up with the fast carrier battle groups.

Ashizuri was sunk by the Шаблон:USS on 5 June 1944, and Shioya was lost to Шаблон:USS three days later.

Ships in class

Ship #	Ship	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
219	Шаблон:Nihongo	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki Shipyard	08-07-1941	16-05-1942	30-01-1943	Sunk by Шаблон:USS at Sulu Sea Шаблон:Coord 05-06-1944.
220	Шаблон:Nihongo	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki Shipyard	01-04-1942	08-03-1943	09-11-1943	Sunk by Шаблон:USS at west of Manado 08-06-1944.

References

• Шаблон:Cite web, History of Pacific War Vol.62 "Ships of The Imperial Japanese Forces, Gakken (Japan), January 2008, Шаблон:ISBN
• Ships of the World special issue Vol.47, Auxiliary Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Шаблон:Cite web, (Japan), March 1997