Name 30-ton traffic boat Planned 2 | Built 1935 | |
Builders Harima Zōsen Corporation, Harbin shipyard Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Manchukuo Imperial Navy In commission 1935–1939 (Japan)
1939–1945 (Manchukuo) | ||
The Kozakura-class traffic boat (小櫻型交通艇,, Kozakura-gata kōtsūtei) was a class of motor gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving during from 1930s to World War II. The IJN official designation was 30-ton traffic boat (三拾瓲交通艇,, 30-ton kōtsūtei).
Background
In 1934, Manchukuo ordered four gunboats from Japan. The IJN established Extraordinary Navy Defense Corps (臨時海軍防備隊, Rinji Kaigun Bōbitai) to educate them and built two 30-ton motor gunboat Kozakura and Hakubai. In 1939, Kozakura and Hakubai which finished a duties and transferred to Manchukuo Imperial Navy, and the IJN withdrew from Manchukuo.
References
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