© 2016 Bob Hackett and Sander Kingsepp
Revision 1
15 July 1938:
Osaka. Laid down at Fujinagata Zosensho as a 374-ton river
gunboat.
26 March 1939:
Launched and named FUSHIMI.
1 April 1939:
Cdr (later Captain) Fujitani Ataka (46)(formerly
assigned to IJN Technical Department/Kampon) is appointed Chief Equipping
Officer.
15 July 1939:
Completed and attached to Yokosuka Naval District. Cdr
Fujitani is the CO.
8 August 1939:
Assigned to the China Area Fleet, Third Fleet's 11th
Squadron.
15 November 1939:
Reassigned to the China Area Fleet, First China
Expeditionary Fleet, 11th Squadron.
15 November 1940:
Cdr (later Captain) Taniguchi Hideji (49)(former
CO of W-14) is appointed CO.
1 April 1941:
Patrols the Yangtze River near Hangkow.
21 June 1941:
Enters dock, probably at Fujinagata Zosensho.
28 June 1941:
Undocked.
July 1941:
At Osaka Bay.
11 August 1941:
Attached to the China Area Fleet's First China
Expeditionary Fleet.
30 October 1941:
Attached to the First China Fleet's Nanking Base
Force.
8 December 1941:
Flagship of Vice Admiral, Prince, Komatsu Terahisa's
(37)(former CO of NACHI) First China Fleet's Yangtse Squadron’s Upper River
Division.
19 December 1941:
Departs Hangkow in support of the Imperial Army.
30 December 1941:
Provides naval support to IJA Operation SA,
landing Special Naval Landing Force troops near Dongting Lake.
3 July 1942:
Departs Hangkow with river gunboat SUMIDA.
7 July 1942:
Arrives at Shanghai.
10 July 1942:
Enters drydock at Mitsubishi Shipbuilding's Konan
(Kiangnan) Dockyard.
24 July 1942:
Undocked.
1 August 1942:
LtCdr (later Cdr) Tsugi Hajime (52)(formerly assigned
to First China Expeditionary Fleet HQ) is appointed CO.
2 August 1942:
Attached to the Yangtze River Squadron's Middle River
Division.
25 May 1943:
Patrols the Yangtze River near Hangkow.
1942/1943:
Six additional Type 96 25-mm AA guns are fitted bringing
her total to eight 25-mm barrels.
20 August 1943:
Reassigned to the China Area Fleet's Yangtze Area
Special Base Force. Arrives at Shanghai. Undergoes repairs and maintenance work.
4 September 1943:
Attached to the Yangtze River Squadron's Lower River
Division.
10 November 1943:
Based at Hangkow. Patrols the waterway near Tung
Ting Lake.
10 October 1944:
Reassigned to the First Gunboat Division. Cdr Tsugi
is appointed the CO of the First Gunboat Division with joint duty as the CO of
FUSHIMI.
29 November 1944:
Yangtze. Near Anking, Chinese aircraft attack river
gunboats. They sink FUSHIMI and damage SUMIDA. Later, FUSHIMI is refloated and
towed to Shanghai.
23 December 1944:
Cdr Tsugi is assigned to Yokosuka Naval District HQ.
No new CO is appointed for FUSHIMI.
10 January 1945:
The First Gunboat Division is deactivated. FUSHIMI's
useable armament is removed and shipped ashore for use by land defenses.
15 August 1945:
Shanghai. Immobilized FUSHIMI's crew receives notice
of the termination of the war.
September 1945:
Ceded to the Republic of China as a war reparation.
Renamed KIANG HSI.
3 May 1947:
Removed from the Navy List.
1949:
Captured by the Chinese Communists and turned over to the
People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Renamed CHIANG FENG.
-Bob Hackett and Sander Kingsepp
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