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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

COASTAL FORCES

"T38" type torpedo boats (241-GO) (1943 - 1945)

241-go 1943

Names

241号魚雷艇 - 286号魚雷艇 [241-go - 286-go]

457号魚雷艇 - 467号魚雷艇 [457-go - 467-go]

506号魚雷艇 - 528号魚雷艇 [506-go - 528-go]

Builders

Yokosuka K K: 241 - 286-go

Sasebo K K: 457 - 467-go

Maizuru K K: 506 - 528-go

Commissioned

1943 - 1945: 241-286-go, 457-467-go, 506-528-go

Losses

at least 245-go (1945), 251-go (CTL 11.7.1944), 254-go (1945), 256-go (CTL 18.7.1945), 258-go (1945)

Transfers

none

Discarding

after 8.1945: some from 241 - 244-go, 246 - 250-go, 252-go, 253-go, 255-go, 257-go, 259 - 286-go, 457 - 467-go, 506 - 528-go

 

Displacement standard, t

20

Displacement full, t

24

Length, m

18.0

Breadth, m

4.30

Draught, m

0.65 - 0.74

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Kinsei 41-shiki petrol engines (air-cooled)

Power, h. p.

1400

Max speed, kts

27.5

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)

220(26)

Armament

1 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 - 450 TT

Complement

7

Project history: Development of B type (Otsu-Gata) T1. They differed each other by as a hull material (steel on Ò23, Ò31, Ò32, Ò33 and Ò37 series or wooden on Ò25, Ò34, Ò35, Ò36, Ò38 and Ò39 series), and type and number of engines. Shortage of the latter has compelled to fit 238 boats with low-power (450hp) petrol engines. Since Ò31 series boats did not had cruising engines.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events

"T38" type MTB 6.1944

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