Introduction.

He ye, a light cruiser, is a powerful new light cruiser, which was built to enhance the strength of light cruisers that the Japanese navy lacked. The last time the Japanese navy built a large light cruiser was during the planning period of the Eighth Fleet. At that time, five light cruisers were built successively, including five ball-milling class, six improved always-bright class and three Kawauchi class, totaling fourteen, which was different from the previous "initial" two 3000-ton light cruisers. These fourteen light cruise ships are also called "5500-ton class".

After the construction of this 5500-ton light patrol, Japan did not build a light cruiser on a large scale. During this period, it built an experimental super Xiao Qing patrol Xizhang, and four top-class ships that pretended to patrol for the sake of the sham as the genuine, but the Japanese navy's light cruiser force was still the fourteen 5,500-ton ships.

Architectural background.

Since the August 8th Fleet period, Japan has attached great importance to the lightning strike war, and the protagonist of the lightning strike war is naturally the destroyer mine team headed by light cruisers.

Before the war, Japan made great progress in destroyer combat power, but on light cruisers, it still took 5,500 tons of old light cruisers as the main force. Therefore, six new light cruisers were put into the fourth ship replenishment plan in the 14th year of Showa, among which four were the flagship he ye class of the mine team and two were the flagship grand ceremony class of the diving team.

Features.

He Yeban, whose task is the flagship of the mining team, has a unique personality in performance. Because it is leading a group of destroyers, its shape is relatively small, similar to that of an old 5500-ton ship. This is to be able to perform various complex water combat skills such as turning and sprinting with the destroyer.

The most important feature is his torpedo equipment, which is difficult to use in the old light patrol. He ye class uses two torpedo tubes, with four bases and four sides, which are located in the center line and can be launched to both sides. Moreover, it also has a secondary loading device, which can be quickly reloaded.

War experience.

When the first ship "he ye" was completed, it was October in the seventeenth year of Showa (1942). At this time, the decisive battle of Midway Island had already ended, and the Japanese navy was stumbling towards the road of failure. One month after the completion, he ye was dispatched to replace Chang Liang as the flagship of the 10th Team, and entered the Turuk base to support the Wewak Raider on the west coast of New Guinea and the transportation operations near rabaul in New Britain.

No.5 ate a bomb of the US mobile unit in rabaul, causing minor injuries, and 1 1 ate a torpedo, which was seriously damaged. So, my sister ship was towed to Toulouse for emergency repair. However, in the 19th year of Showa (1944), on the way back to the mainland, he was struck by lightning by an American submarine about 160 nautical miles north of Toulouse Island. Under the impact of four torpedoes, it drew a pause of life movement for short-lived he ye.

Related data.

Construction of Sasebo Naval Factory

Showa1June 5 18 started construction.

October 22nd, the 16th year of Showa.

Completed on October 31st, Showa 17th.

The benchmark displacement is 6652 tons.

Total length174.5m.

Full width15.2m

Speed 35 knots

Endurance 18 knots/hour 6000 miles

Soldier costume.

15.2cm50 times caliber main guns are connected with three guns, with six doors in total.

7.6cm65 times caliber high-angle gun, the second one has four doors.

The secondary loading device is equipped with eight doors, including 6 1cm torpedo tube, four connecting units and two bases.

25 mm three-barrel machine guns, two, a total of six.

Second water detector

Ejector base 1

Loss.

Showa19 (1944) February 17.

The origin of the ship name.

Because it is a light cruiser, it is named after the river. Its source is Akyechuan, which originates from several tributaries of Nana Ogawa and Tailase, and then flows into the Sea of Japan through the rivers in Huijin Basin.