Kaibōkan

Short description: Classification of Japanese naval vessel

Not to be confused with Coastal defence ship.

The Japanese  missing name in May 1943.

Kaibōkan (海防艦; "sea defence ship") or coastal defense ship[FN 1] was a type of naval ship used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II for escort duty and coastal defense.[1] The term escort ship was used by the United States Navy to describe this category of Japanese ships.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 1.1 Old definition
* 2 Classes
* 2.1 Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. (Ishigaki)
* 2.2 Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. (Matsuwa)
* 2.3 Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. (Chiburi)
* 2.4 Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. (Okinawa)
* 2.5 Type C and Type D
* 2.6 Others
* 3 See also
* 4 Footnotes
* 5 References
* 5.1 Notes
* 5.2 Sources
* 6 Further reading

## Description

These ships were the Japanese equivalent to Allied destroyer escorts and frigates, with all three types of warships being built as a less expensive anti-submarine warfare alternative to fleet destroyers.[3] While similar, destroyer escorts of the US Navy played a slightly different role to that of kaibōkan within the IJN, namely being that kaibōkan were diesel engine ships that never carried torpedo tubes,[2] while many examples of Allied destroyer escort classes featured boiler and turbine machinery, and carried torpedoes; as a result of these design differences, kaibōkan often proved inferior to Allied destroyer escorts when undertaking escort roles.[4] Additionally, because of these features of Allied destroyer escorts, they are more comparable to the Matsu-class, which the IJN considered to be "Type D destroyers" (丁型駆逐艦),[FN 2] envisioned as general escorts with less firepower and speed.[5][6]

Kaibōkan had some counterparts among Japan's Axis allies: the 10 Kriegsmarine escort ships of the F-class, and Amiral Murgescu of the Romanian Navy.

In the course of the war, the design was simplified and scaled down to permit larger numbers of vessels to be built more quickly.

### Old definition

Before the onset of World War II, kaibōkan was the catchall name for various ships, from battleships to sloops, which had become obsolete. For example, the battleship Mikasa was reclassified as a Kaibokan 1st class in 1921, after 19 years from her commissioning.

## Classes

Ships of the first four classes were all named after Japanese islands.

### Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. (Ishigaki)

* Also known as Type A – multi purpose patrol, escorts or minesweeper.
* Main Engine: Diesel X 2, double shaft (3,100 kW (4,200 shp))
* Max Speed: 36.5 km/h (19.7 kn)
* Range: 15,000 kilometres (8,000 nmi) (30 km/h (16 kn))
* Fuel: Oil X 120t

### Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. (Matsuwa)

* Modified Type A
* Main Engine: Diesel X 2, double shaft (3,100 kW (4,200 shp))
* Max Speed: 36.5 km/h (19.7 kn)
* Range: 15,000 kilometres (8,000 nmi) (30 km/h (16 kn))
* Fuel: Oil X 120t

### Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. (Chiburi)

* Also known as Type B
* Main Engine: Diesel X 2, double shaft (3,100 kW (4,200 shp))
* Max Speed: 36.1 km/h (19.5 kn)
* Range: 11,000 kilometres (6,000 nmi) (30 km/h (16 kn))
* Fuel: Oil X 120t

### Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. (Okinawa)

* Modified Type B
* Main Engine: Diesel X 2, double shaft (3,100 kW (4,200 shp))
* Max Speed: 36.1 km/h (19.5 kn)
* Range: 10,656 kilometres (5,754 nmi) (30 km/h (16 kn))
* Fuel: Oil X 120t

### Type C and Type D

Same design with different engines; diesels for Type C and turbines for Type D. More than 120 were mass-produced during the war, employing modular design method.

### Others

In addition, two former Chinese light cruisers were used, renamed Ioshima and Yasoshima.

## See also

* Convoy Hi-81
* List of escort vessel classes of World War II

## Footnotes

1. ↑ Common alternative English translation of kaibōkan. Not to be confused with "coastal defense ships" of other smaller navies, such as monitors with 12+ inch guns, which fulfilled different roles.
2. ↑ As opposed to Type A (Kagerō-class, Yūgumo-class), Type B (Akizuki-class), and Type C (Shimakaze-class) destroyers which more resembled US destroyers in role.

## References

### Notes

1. ↑ Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander; Cundall, Peter (15 September 2013). "Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Escorts". Combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kaibokan.htm.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 REPORTS OF THE U. S. NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION TO JAPAN, SERIES S: SHIP AND RELATED TARGETS. JM-200-G, S-01-2. Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 2, Surface Warship Machinery Design. Page 49-52
3. ↑ Potter, E.B.; Nimitz, Chester W. (1960). Sea Power. Prentice-Hall, p. 550
4. ↑ Stille, Mark (2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1472818188.
5. ↑ Stille, Mark (2013). Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 (2). Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1849089883.
6. ↑ REPORTS OF THE U. S. NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION TO JAPAN, SERIES S: SHIP AND RELATED TARGETS. JM-200-G, S-01-4. Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 4, Surface Warship. Page 1

### Sources

* Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after Two World Wars. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4198-1.
* Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Escorts 9 July 2011 By Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall
* Kimata Jirō (木俣 滋郎). Military history of Japan's coastal defense ships (『日本海防艦戦史』). Toshu Publishing (図書出版社), 1994. p. 299

## Further reading

* Stille, Mark (2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941–45. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 9781472818164.

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