Rapid Naval Armaments Supplement Programme
The Rapid Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (マル急計画, 出師準備第一着作業建艦計画, Maru Kyū Keikaku, Suishi-Junbi Dai-Ichi Chakusagyō Kenkan Keikaku) was one of the armaments expansion plan of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).
Background[]
In August 1941, the IJN started building warships for war. It extended to 293 vessels, 300,000 tons.
Table of vessels[]
Category | Class | Vessel number(s) | Completed | Converted | Cancelled |
Heavy cruiser | Ibuki | #300 - 301 | #300 was converted to aircraft carrier | #301 | |
Aircraft carrier | Unryū | #302 | Unryū (#302) | ||
Seaplane tender | Akitsushima | #303 | #303 | ||
Fleet oiler | Kazahaya | #304 - 307 | Kazahaya (#304) | #306 was converted to the Hayasui class | #305, 307 |
Hayasui | Hayasui (#306) | ||||
Escort ship Type-A | Etorofu | #310 - 339 | Etorofu (#310), Matsuwa (#311), (#312), (#313), (#314), (#315), Tsushima (#316), (#317), (#318), (#319), Amakusa (#321), (#323), (#325), (#330) | #320, #322, #324, #326 - 329 and #331 - 339 were converted to the Mikura class | |
Escort ship Type-B | Mikura | Mikura (#320), Miyake (#322), Awaji (#324), Nōmi (#326), Kurahashi (#327), (#329), (#331), (#334) | #328, #333 and #339 were converted to the Hiburi class #332 and #335 - 338 were converted to the Ukuru class |
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Hiburi | (#328), (#333), (#339) | ||||
Ukuru | (#332), Okinawa (#335), (#336), Aguni (#337), (#338) | ||||
Destroyer Type-A | Yūgumo | #340 - 355 | Hayanami (#340), Hamanami (#341), Okinami (#342), Kishinami (#343), Asashimo (#344), Hayashimo (#345), Akishimo (#346), Kiyoshimo (#347) | #348 - 355 | |
Destroyer Type-B | Akizuki | #360 - 369 | Shimotsuki (#360), Fuyutsuki (#361), Harutsuki (#362), Yoizuki (#363), Natsuzuki (#364), Hanazuki (#366) | #367 - 369 | |
Cruiser submarine Type-B | I-40 | #370 - 375 | I-40 (#370) to I-45 (#375) | ||
Cruiser submarine Type-C | I-16 | #376 - 378 | I-46 (#376) to I-48 (#378) | ||
S49B | #379 - 381 | #379 - 381 | |||
Medium-sized submarine | Ro-35 | #385 - 396 | Ro-44 (#385) to Ro-50 (#391), Ro-55 (#396) | #392 - 395 | |
Ro-100 | #400 - 408 | Ro-109 (#400) to Ro-117 (#408), | |||
Minesweeper | No.19 | #410 - 437 | (#410) to (#415), (#418), (#419), (#423), (#424), (#426) | #416 - 417, #420 - 422, #425, #427 - 437 | |
Subchaser | No.13 | #440 - 459 | (#440) to (#458) | #459 | |
Minelayer | Ajiro | #460 - 473 | (#460) | #461 - 473 | |
Auxiliary minesweeper | Aux. No.1 | #480 - 495 | (#480) to (#495) | ||
Auxiliary subchaser | Aux. No.1 | #500 - 599 | (#500) to (#599) | ||
Patrol torpedo boat | #600 | No.10 (#600) | |||
#601 - 617 | (#601) to (#606) | #607 - 617 |
See also[]
- 1st Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 1 Keikaku, 1931)
- 2nd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 2 Keikaku, 1934)
- 3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 3 Keikaku, 1937)
- 4th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 4 Keikaku, 1939)
- Temporal Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru Rin Keikaku, 1940)
- Additional Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru Tui Keikaku, 1941)
- (Maru 5 Keikaku, 1941)
- (Maru 6 Keikaku, 1942)
- Modified 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Kai-Maru 5 Keikaku, 1942)
- Wartime Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru Sen Keikaku, 1944)
References[]
- Rekishi Gunzō series, Gakken (Japan)
- The Maru Special series,
- Daiji Katagiri, Ship Name Chronicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Kōjinsha (Japan), June 1988, ISBN 4-7698-0386-9
- 大日本帝国海軍艦艇一覧 (ja)
Categories:
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Military history of Japan during World War II