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MANCHURIAN NAVY (MANCHUKUO)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

auxiliary river gunboats of inter-war period

100 - 1000 BRT

Kiang Ping (1897, 250, 1-76/40, 1933 - 1942/43); Kiang Chin (1903, 250, 1-76/40, 1933 - 1942/43); Kiang An (1897, 250, 1-76/40, 1933 - 1940/41); Li Tsy (1897, 250, 1-76/40, 1933 - 1940/41)

Project history: Former Russian paddle tugs of Eastern Chinese Railway. Japanese names were respectively Kotsu, Kohei, Kaima, Ryusei.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Kiang An 1936

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