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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

COASTAL FORCES

"19-meter" type river motor gun boats (1936-1938)

19m river MGB, variant

19m river MGB, variant

Names

3537汽艇[3537-go] etc (48 units)

Builders

Yokosuka K K etc: 48 units

Commissioned

1936 - 1938: 48 units

Losses

unknown

Transfers

none

Discarding

unknown

 

Displacement normal, t

~ 10

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

19.0

Breadth, m

3.99

Draught, m

0.30

No of shafts

1 air screw

Machinery

1 aircraft petrol engine

Power, h. p.

~500

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.7/80

Military load 100 men

Complement

 

Project history: MGBs designed for Chinese inland waters and developed from excursion craft. Had wooden hulls and classed as Naikatei type 3. Could be used as transports and carry up to 100 passengers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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