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102-GO auxiliary submarine chasers (1940-1941/1942-1944)

102-go 1943

Names

102号駆潜特務艇 [102-go] (ex-No 000, ex-Ardjoeno)

104号駆潜特務艇 [104-go] (ex-No 14, ex-Gedeh)

109号駆潜特務艇 [109-go] (ex-No 7, ex-Kawi)

110号駆潜特務艇 [110-go] (ex-No 15, ex-Lawoe)

118号駆潜特務艇 [118-go] (ex-No 8, ex-Salak)

Builders

Soerabaja Droogdok, Netherlands: 102-go, 104-go, 109-go, 110-go, 118-go

Commissioned

1940 - 1941 // 8 - 10.1942: 102-go, 104-go

1940 - 1941 // 3 - 9.1943: 109-go, 110-go

1940 - 1941 // 7.1944 - 118-go

Losses

109-go (14.8.1943)

Transfers

Netherlands, 9.1945: 102-go, 104-go, 110-go, 118-go

Discarding all survived: captured 8.1945

 

Displacement standard, t

51

Displacement full, t

75

Length, m

26.5

Breadth, m

4.50

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Carmouth petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armament

2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 1 DCR (4)

Complement

 

 

Project history: In 1942 at capture of Dutch East India of a number of small Dutch ships thrown at retreat has got into Japanese hands. Part from them has been scuttled on shallow water, others were in incomplete condition in yards in Surabaya and Batavia. After repair and completion 18 boats became a part of IJN as auxiliary submarine chasers.

    There were ex-Dutch patrol / minesweeping vessels of Arjoeno class, scuttled by own crews 2 -3.3.1942. All were raised and commissioned by IJN as auxiliary submarine chasers.

 

Modernizations: None.

 

Naval service: 109-go was sunk by American aircraft, others vessels were returned to owner after war.

 

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