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Japanese escort ship Kanawa

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History
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NameKanawa
BuilderMitsui Shipbuilding, Tamano
Laid down15 November 1944
Launched20 January 1945
Commissioned15 March 1945
FateScrapped 1947
General characteristics
Displacement940 tons
Length78,8 meters
Beam9 meters
Draught3 meters
Propulsiondiesels, 4200 bhp
Speed19,5 knots
Complement150
Armament

Kanawa was an Ukuru-class escort ship ("Kaibokan") of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. After the war Kanawa was used in repatriation service. She was then taken by the British and scrapped in 1947 at Singapore.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Escort Kanawa". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.