Moku Daihatsu class landing craft

The Moku Daihatsu Class or 15m landing craft was a type of landing craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was similar to the Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP), with a bow ramp that was lowered to disembark cargo upon riding up onto the beach. It was constructed of a plwood hull and powered by a gasoline engine.

The landing craft had problems with the plywood decomposing quickly in the tropics.