1-go 1941
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Names |
第1号魚雷艇 - 第6号魚雷艇 [1-go - 6-go] |
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Builders |
Yokohama Yacht Co., Tsurumi: 1-go - 6-go |
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Commissioned |
10-12/1941: 1-go - 6-go |
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Losses |
2-go (19.9.1943), 3-go (19.9.1943), 4-go (24.3.1944), 5-go (30.1.1944), 6-go (30.1.1944) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
after 8.1945: 1-go |
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Displacement normal, t |
17 |
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Displacement full, t |
20.5 |
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Length, m |
18.3 |
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Breadth, m |
4.30 |
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Draught, m |
0.65 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
2 94-shiki petrol engines + 1 M-gata cruising petrol engine |
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Power, h. p. |
1800 + 60 |
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Max speed, kts |
38.5 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 210(30) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 2 - 450 TT or 2 DCR (6) |
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Complement |
7 |
Project history: First serial Japanese MTBs, built under 4th Supplementary programme of 1939. Created on the basis of experimental boat of B type. Wooden hull with V-shaped frames.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: 1-go was badly damaged in a storm 14.12.1942 and after repair used for training only.
2-go
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