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Tonnage |
215 tons standard displacement |
Dimensions |
115'2" by 20'3" by 7'10" 35.10m by 6.17m by 2.39m |
Maximum speed |
9.5 knots |
Armament |
1 3"/40 AA gun 2 13mm/76 machine guns 40 mines 16 depth charges |
Modifications |
Antiaircraft
armament later increased with extra 13mm and 25mm/60 AA guns |
The Ma-1s were coastal minelayers designed
to be usable postwar as fishing vessels.
Ma-1 |
Completed 1942-2-28 (Uraga Dock-Tokyo)
|
Mined
1945-3-27 off Sumatra |
Ma-2
|
Completed 1942-4-10 (Uraga Dock-Tokyo) | Mined 1942-12-31 at
Surabaya |
Ma-3 |
Completed 1942-6-30 (Uraga Dock-Tokyo) | |
Ma-4 |
Completed 1942-8-20 (Uraga Dock-Tokyo) | Sunk 1944-11-20 off Great Nicobar by British
submarine Tally-Ho |
References
Jentschura,
Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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