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| Name | W-26 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi shipyard,Yokohama |
| Laid down | 1942 |
| Launched | 1942 |
| Completed | 31 March 1943 |
| Stricken | 30 April 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk, 17 February 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | No.19 classminesweeper |
| Displacement | 648long tons (658 t) standard |
| Length | 72.50 m (237 ft 10 in)o/a |
| Beam | 7.85 m (25 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 2.61 m (8 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 98 |
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W-26 was aW-19-class minesweeper operated by theImperial Japanese Navy duringWorld War II.
The ship was ordered in August 1941 under theRapid Naval Armaments Supplement Programme. Built byMitsubishi Yards inYokohama, the ship was laid down in 1942, launched in late 1942, and completed on 31 March 1943.
On 2 November,W-26 was damaged by bombs, while atRabaul,New Britain, and beached to prevent her loss.[1] She was repaired and refloated and departed Rabaul for Truk on 23 November.W-26 underwent further repairs in December at Rabaul, tied up alongsideHakkai Maru. While anchored inKaravia Bay, near Rabaul on 17 February 1944, she was attacked by SBD dive-bombers and TBF torpedo-bombers of theUnited States Navy. Sunk in the attack wereW-26,Iwate Maru, and guard boatFunku Maru No. 2. She was removed from the Navy List on 30 April 1944.
Her wreck was partially salvaged by Nanyo Boeki Kaisha in 1958.
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