Japanese minelayer Sarushima

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Sarushima in 1942
History
Japan
Name	Sarushima
Ordered	fiscal 1931
Builder	Mitsubishi Yokohama Shipyard
Laid down	March 28, 1933
Launched	December 16, 1933
Commissioned	July 20, 1934
Stricken	September 10, 1944
Fate	Sunk in action, July 4, 1944
General characteristics
Type	minelayer
Displacement	565.6 long tons (575 t) standard, 582.7 tons normal
Length	67 m (220 ft) pp, 70 m (230 ft) waterline
Beam	7.49 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft diesel engine, 2 boilers, 2,100 hp (1,600 kW)
Speed	18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Range	4,639 nmi (8,591 km) at 14.4 knots
Complement	94
Armament	2 × Type 3 80 mm AA Gun AA gun 1 × Type 93 13 mm AA Guns 120 naval mines
Armour	none

Sarushima (猿島) was a small Natsushima-class minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during World War II. She was named after Sarushima Island, a small island in Tokyo Bay, offshore Yokosuka, Kanagawa. She was designed as an auxiliary minelayer and escort vessel.