IJN Kozakura in 1935
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Class overview | |
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Name | 30-ton traffic boat |
Builders | Harima Zōsen Corporation, Harbin shipyard |
Operators | |
Built | 1935 |
In commission |
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Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 (?) |
General characteristics | |
Type | Traffic boat (Motor gunboat) |
Displacement | 30 long tons (30 t) [1] [2] |
Length | 25.00 m (82 ft 0 in) overall [1] [2] |
Beam | 3.65 m (12 ft 0 in) [1] [2] |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 0.60 m (2 ft 0 in) [1] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 13.2 knots (15.2 mph; 24.4 km/h) [1] [2] |
Armament |
The Kozakura-class traffic boat (小櫻型交通艇,, Kozakura-gata kōtsūtei) was a class of motor gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving from the 1930s to World War II. The IJN official designation was 30-ton traffic boat (三拾瓲交通艇,, 30-ton kōtsūtei). [5]
In 1934, Manchukuo ordered four gunboats from Japan. The IJN established Extraordinary Navy Defense Corps (臨時海軍防備隊, Rinji Kaigun Bōbitai) to educate them [6] and built two 30-ton motor gunboat Kozakura and Hakubai. In 1939, Kozakura and Hakubai which finished a duties and transferred to Manchukuo Imperial Navy, and the IJN withdrew from Manchukuo.
Ship [7] | Laid down [1] | Launched [1] | Completed [1] [2] | Fate |
Kozakura (小櫻) | 30 April 1935 | 25 July 1935 | 25 August 1935 | Harima's yard number # 217. Transferred to Manchukuo and renamed Hai Tien (海天) on 25 February 1939; survived war; whereabouts after that has been unknown. [2] |
Hakubai (白梅) | 30 April 1935 | 25 July 1935 | 25 August 1935 | Harima's yard number # 218. Transferred to Manchukuo and renamed Hai Yang (海陽) on 25 February 1939; out of service in wartime. [2] |