Kozakura-class traffic boat
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Japanese gunboat Kozakura in 1935.jpg |Ship caption=IJN Kozakura in 1935 }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=30-ton traffic boat |Builders= Harima Zōsen Corporation, Harbin shipyard |Operators=*20px Imperial Japanese Navy |Class before= |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range=1935 |In service range= |In commission range=*1935–1939 (Japan)
|Total ships building= |Total ships planned=2 |Total ships completed=2 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired=2 (?) |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Traffic boat (Motor gunboat) |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement= {{convert|30|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} Harima Zōsen (1960), p. 452–453The Maru Special (1981), p. 52 |Ship length= {{convert|25.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} overall |Ship beam= {{convert|3.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= {{convert|1.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship draft= {{convert|0.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power= |Ship speed= {{convert|13.2|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship troops= |Ship complement= |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*JACAR C05034350900, p. 2JACAR C05034620500, p. 5 and p. 8
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The {{nihongo|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 from the 1930s to World War II. The IJN official designation was {{nihongo|30-ton traffic boat|三拾瓲交通艇,|30-ton kōtsūtei}}.JACAR C05034620500, p. 1
Background
In 1934, Manchukuo ordered four gunboats from Japan. The IJN established {{nihongo|Extraordinary Navy Defense Corps|臨時海軍防備隊|Rinji Kaigun Bōbitai}} to educate themJACAR C05035340800 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.
Ships in class
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| {{nihongo|Kozakura|小櫻}}
| 30 April 1935 | 25 July 1935 | 25 August 1935 | Harima's yard number # 217. Transferred to Manchukuo and renamed Hai Tien (海天) on 25 February 1939; survived war; whereabouts after that has been unknown. |
| {{nihongo|Hakubai|白梅}}
| 30 April 1935 | 25 July 1935 | 25 August 1935 | Harima's yard number # 218. Transferred to Manchukuo and renamed Hai Yang (海陽) on 25 February 1939; out of service in wartime. |
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Footnotes
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Bibliography
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.53, Japanese support vessels, {{cite web |url=http://www.kojinsha.co.jp/ |title=Ushio Shobō}} (Japan), July 1981
- 50 year History of Harima Zōsen, Harima Zōsen Corporation, November 1960
- {{cite web |url=http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/index.html |title=Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)}}, National Archives of Japan
- Reference code: C05034350900, No. 3814, 1935 September 13, Exhausting Arms supply of constant outside Extraordinary Navy Defense Corps
- Reference code: C05034620500, No.3118 July 19, 1935 Sending of 30-ton Traffic Boat's Weapons for Naval Department Stationed in Manchuria by Special Service Vessel Service on Consignment
- Reference code: C05034912100, No.1621 April 7, 1936 Cooking Rooms Reform of Launches Kozakura and Hakubai
- Reference code: C05035340800, Naval Department in Manchuria Confidential No.6 October 30, 1936 Progression Outline, Achievement and Remarks for Communication Drill Implemented in Fiscal Year 1936 August
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