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Names |
魚雷艇第2号隼艇 - 魚雷艇第9号隼艇 [2-go - 9-go] |
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Builders |
Yokosuka K K: 2-9-go |
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Commissioned |
1943 - 1944: 2-9-go |
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Losses |
3-go (1944/45), 4-go (12.1.1944), 5-go (1944/45), 7-go (1944/45), 8-go (1944/45) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
after 8.1945: 2-go, 6-go, 9-go |
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Displacement normal, t |
24.7 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
18.0 |
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Breadth, m |
4.50 |
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Draught, m |
0.93 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Kasei petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
2100 |
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Max speed, kts |
33.5 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 140(30) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 20/65 98-shiki, 2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 2 DCR (2) |
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Complement |
8 |
Project history: 1-go was delivered in 1940 with 2 main engines (2 x 1150 hp) and 2 cruising Alfa Romeo engines (2 x 100 hp) reaching 50 kts. Main engines power was de-rated and cruising engines removed after trials before commissioning in 1941. Armament before commissioning consisted of 1 MG and 2 TT. Had wooden hull with planning step. First Japanese MGB.
Design of H2 type was developed on the basis of Italian-built patrol boat 1-go. Steel hull form was changed from planning step to V-shaped. Unlike a prototype, they had no auxiliary cruising engines.
Since 1945 survived boats received torpedo armament and re-rated to MTBs (Raitei).
Modernizations: 1945, most survived: were armed with 1 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki or 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 - 450 TT.
Naval service: No significant events
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