Thrush 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 第103号哨戒艇 [103-go] (ex-Finch) | Standard SB, Shooters Is, USA | 8.1917 | 30.3.1918 | 9.1918 // 4.1943 | sunk 12.1.1945 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
980 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1260 |
|
Length, m |
57.6 |
|
Breadth, m |
10.8 |
|
Draught, m |
2.70 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1400 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 275 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1400(10) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 2 DCT (48) |
| Complement | 70 |
Project history: After capture by Japan in the beginning of 1942 of extensive possession in South-East Asia, Japanese has got some number of enemy ships in damaged condition, abandoned by Americans, British and Dutch at retreat. Part of these ships has been repaired by Japanese and commissioned by IJN as patrols. Three destroyers, British Thracian, American Stewart and Dutch Banckert, become in the IJN patrols Ð101, Ð102 and Ð106, have appeared the largest trophies. Remaining were former minesweepers, tugs and colonial service vessels of Dutch and US Navies.
Ð103 (ex-American minesweeper Finch) was sunk in Manila 11.4.1942. She was raised by Japanese and after repair commissioned 1.4.1943 as patrol Ð103.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: P103 12.1.1945 was sunk by US carrier aircraft of TF.38.
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