Photos and the story
| Type | Minelayer (CM) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Tokyo Ishikawajima |
| Launched | 1929-01-25 |
| Commissioned | 1929-04-09 |
| Fate | Sunk. Minelayer of the 2nd Base Force. Not sunk at Sunda Strait. USS Sealion sank her in the Bashi Channel on 31 August 1944. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Shirataka was a minelayer, built by Ishikawajima at Tokyo. She was launched on 25 January 1929 and commissioned on 9 April 1929.
At Sunda Strait she was with the 2nd Base Force. No attack is credited to her that night. The lists that were read do not name her captain for that night.
USS Sealion sank her in the Bashi Channel on 31 August 1944. She was struck on 10 October 1944.
The photograph is from 1938.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.