Japanese gunboat Ataka

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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 1922
History
Japanese Navy EnsignEmpire 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
Displacement
  • 880 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)
Propulsion
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
Armament

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

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  1. ^ "Chinese Naval Battles(Civil War and later)(update2021)". Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

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