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
[edit]In August 1941, the IJN started building warships for war. It extended to 293 vessels, 300,000 tons.
Table of vessels
[edit]| 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), Sado (#312), Oki (#313), Mutsure (#314), Iki (#315), Tsushima (#316), Wakamiya (#317), Hirado (#318), Fukae (#319), Amakusa (#321), Manju (#323), Kanju (#325), Kasado (#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), Chiburi (#329), Yashiro (#331), Kusagaki (#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 | Hiburi (#328), Daitō (#333), Shōnan (#339) | ||||
| Ukuru | Ukuru (#332), Okinawa (#335), Amami (#336), Aguni (#337), Shinnan (#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 | No.25 (#410) to No.30 (#415), No.33 (#418), No.34 (#419), No.38 (#423), No.39 (#424), No.41 (#426) | #416 - 417, #420 - 422, #425, #427 - 437 | |
| Subchaser | No.13 | #440 - 459 | No.40 (#440) to No.58 (#458) | #459 | |
| Minelayer | Ajiro | #460 - 473 | Ajiro (#460) | #461 - 473 | |
| Auxiliary minesweeper | Aux. No.1 | #480 - 495 | Aux. No.7 (#480) to Aux. No.22 (#495) | ||
| Auxiliary subchaser | Aux. No.1 | #500 - 599 | Aux. No.1 (#500) to Aux. No.100 (#599) | ||
| Patrol torpedo boat | No.10 | #600 | No.10 (#600) | ||
| No.11 | #601 - 617 | No.11 (#601) to No.16 (#606) | #607 - 617 |
See also
[edit]- 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)
- 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 5 Keikaku, 1941)
- 6th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (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
[edit]- Rekishi Gunzō series, Gakken (Japan)
- The Maru Special series, Ushio Shobō
- 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)