I.J.N. Kaibokan No.8
1944
(Neptun 1285)
- Class: Kaibokan II - escorts of 1943
- Displacement: 740 tons
- Dimensions: 213 (pp) 228 (oa) x 28 x 12 ft.
- Machinery: 1-shaft geared Turbine, S.H.P. 2,500 = 17.5 knots
- Armament: 2-4.7 in. D.P., 12-25 mm. A.A. guns; 1-3 in. A/S mortar, 120 depth charges, 12 throwers
- Complement: 160
- Builder: Mitsubishi (Nagasaki)
- Laid Down: 1943
- Launched: 11 Jan 1944
- Commissioned: 29 Feb 1944
- Notes: Surrendered and used for repatriation duties. Handed over to Great Britain in 1947; scrapped.
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