_in_1940.jpg) Sumida at Osaka, May 1940 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name | Sumida |
| Ordered | 1927 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards |
| Laid down | 13 April 1939 |
| Launched | 30 October 1939 |
| Completed | 31 May 1940 |
| Stricken | 3 May 1947 |
 Republic of China | |
| Name | Chang Hsi |
| Acquired | 1945 |
| Fate | Captured by PRC in Chinese Civil War |
 People's Republic of China | |
| Name | Fu Jiang |
| Acquired | 30 November 1949 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1960s |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | River gunboat |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 50.3 metres (165 ft) |
| Beam | 9.8 metres (32 ft) |
| Draught | 1.2 metres (3.9 ft). |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft Kampon turbine engines; 2 boilers; 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) |
| Speed | 17knots (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Range | 1400 nautical miles @ 14 knots |
| Complement | 61 |
| Armament |
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Sumida (隅田) was ariver gunboat of theImperial Japanese Navy, that operated on theYangtze River in China during the 1940s, and during theSecond Sino-Japanese War andWorld War II.
Sumida was the second of two vessels in theFushimi-class river gunboats authorized under the3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme of 1937.[1]
Sumida had a hull with anoverall length of 50.3 metres (165 ft) and width of 9.80 metres (32.2 ft), with a normal displacement of 338 tons and draft of 1.2 metres (3.9 ft). She was propelled by two Kamponsteam turbine engines with two boilers driving two shafts, producing 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) and had a top speed of 17 knots.[1]
The ship was armed with one 80 mm (3.1 in)/28cal. gun and one 25mmmachine gun.[1]
Sumida was laid down on 13 April 1939 and launched 30 October 1939 at theFujinagata Shipyards inOsaka, Japan. On commissioning on 31 May 1940, she was assigned to theYokosuka Naval District and attached to the1st China Expeditionary Fleet, arriving inShanghai on 17 June. From July to November, she was assigned to patrols of the lowerYangtze River, and from November to April 1942, to patrols of the middle Yangtze as far asHankou. After April 1942, she was assigned to patrols of the upper Yangtze.[2]
On 22 JuneSumida was attached to the Tung Ting Lake force, along withKatada andSeta was part of “Operation SE”. She was damaged the same day in an air raid, which killed her captain and 11 crewmen. After repairs at Shanghai, she was again assigned to patrols of the lower Yangtze from 19 August 1942, and the middle Yangtze from 1 September 1943. On 22 June 1944, a flight of twentyUSAAFB-24 Liberators attached to theFourteenth Air Force bombed the docks at Hankou, damaging Sumida and killing eight crewmen. She was again damaged in another air raid on 25 November.[2]
After thesurrender of Japan,Sumida was given to theRepublic of China as aprize of war, and commissioned into theRepublic of China Navy as theChiang Hsi (Chinese:江犀). She was removed from the Japanesenavy list on 3 May 1947.[2] Captured during theChinese Civil War by thePeople’s Republic of China, she was commissioned into thePeople's Liberation Army Navy on 30 November 1949 as the gunboatFu Jiang (Chinese:涪江). She was finally scrapped in the 1960s.
