On 20 May 1933 Ataka was incorporated into the 3rd Fleet, as flagship of the 11th Gunboat Sentai. She was supplanted by the Yaeyama as flagship in 1937.
japanese, gunboat, ataka, ataka, 安宅, river, gunboat, imperial, japanese, navy, that, operated, yangtze, river, china, during, 1930s, during, second, sino, japanese, ataka, 1922history, empire, japan, nameataka, builderyokohama, dock, laid, down15, august, 1921. Ataka 安宅 was a river gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy that operated on the Yangtze River in China during the 1930s and during the Second Sino Japanese War Ataka in 1922History Empire of Japan NameAtaka BuilderYokohama Dock Co Laid down15 August 1921 Launched11 April 1922 Completed12 August 1922 Stricken3 May 1947 FateCeded to the Republic of China as a war prize 17 September 1945 Republic of China NameAndong NamesakeAndong Acquired17 September 1945 FateDefected to the People s Liberation Army Navy 27 April 1949 People s Republic of China Acquired27 April 1949 FateSunk 23 September 1949 by Chinese Nationalist Aircraft General characteristics Displacement880 long tons 894 t standard 1 130 long tons 1 148 t full load Length67 67 m 222 ft 0 in o a Beam9 75 m 32 ft 0 in Draft2 2 m 7 ft 3 in Installed power1 700 shp 1 300 kW Propulsion2 Vertical triple expansion steam turbines 2 Kampon boilers 2 shafts 235 tons coal Speed16 knots 30 km h 18 mph Range2 500 nmi 4 600 km 2 900 mi at 12 kn 22 km h 14 mph Complement118 Armament2 12 cm 4 7 in 45 cal guns 2 7 6 cm 3 0 in 40 cal guns 6 Type 92 7 7 mm 0 30 in anti aircraft machine guns On 20 May 1933 Ataka was incorporated into the 3rd Fleet as flagship of the 11th Gunboat Sentai She was supplanted by the Yaeyama as flagship in 1937 Based in Shanghai during the Second Sino Japanese War Ataka was transferred to the Republic of China Navy after the war She defected to the People s Liberation Army Navy in 1949 and was sunk in Wuhu by Nationalist aircraft on 23 September the same year 1 References edit Chinese Naval Battles Civil War and later update2021 Archived from the original on 3 September 2022 Retrieved 2 September 2022 Sources editJapanese gunboats with photos in Japanese Vessels of the IJN Monograph 144 Chapter II nbsp This article about a specific military ship or boat of Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Japanese gunboat Ataka amp oldid 1172708776, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
