Japanese gunboat Ataka

Ataka in 1922
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Ataka
Builder	Yokohama Dock Co.
Laid down	15 August 1921
Launched	11 April 1922
Completed	12 August 1922
Stricken	3 May 1947
Fate	Ceded to the Republic of China as a war prize, 17 September 1945
Republic of China
Name	Andong
Namesake	Andong
Acquired	17 September 1945
Fate	Defected to the People's Liberation Army Navy 27 April 1949
People's Republic of China
Acquired	27 April 1949
Fate	Sunk 23 September 1949 by Chinese Nationalist Aircraft
General characteristics
Displacement	880 long tons (894 t) (standard) 1,130 long tons (1,148 t) (full load)
Length	67.67 m (222 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam	9.75 m (32 ft 0 in)
Draft	2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Installed power	1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple expansion steam turbines 2 × Kampon boilers 2 × shafts 235 tons coal
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	118
Armament	2 × 12 cm (4.7 in)/45 cal. guns 2 × 7.6 cm (3.0 in)/ 40 cal. guns 6 × Type 92 7.7 mm (0.30 in) anti-aircraft machine guns

Ataka (安宅) was a river gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy that operated on the Yangtze River in China during the 1930s, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

On 20 May 1933 Ataka was incorporated into the 3rd Fleet, as flagship of the 11th Gunboat Sentai. She was supplanted by the Yaeyama as flagship in 1937.

Based in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ataka was transferred to the Republic of China Navy after the war. She defected to the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1949, and was sunk in Wuhu by Nationalist aircraft on 23 September the same year.

Sources

• Japanese gunboats (with photos) (in Japanese)
• Vessels of the IJN
• Monograph 144 Chapter II