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| Tonnage | 850 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 279'11" by 32'1" by 7'11" 85.32m by 9.78m by 2.41m |
| Maximum speed | 36 knots |
| Complement | 110 |
| Armament | 3 4.7"/45
dual-purpose
guns 2 light machine guns 4 21" torpedo tubes |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared turbines (21,500
shp) 3 Kampon boilers |
| Bunkerage | 275 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 3000 nautical miles (5600km) at 15 knots |
| Modifications |
Those converted to patrol boats were armed with 2 4.7" guns, 6 25mm/60 AA guns, and 60 depth charges. Their displacement was increased to 935 tons and their speed reduced to 18 knots. PB-32 to BP-39 had their sterns rebuilt to launch a Daihatsu landing craft. 1942-1943: PB-31 was armed with 2 4.7" guns, 8 25mm AA guns, and 60 depth charges. PB-34 to PB-36, PB-38, and PB-39 were armed with 2 4.7" guns, 6 25mm AA guns, and a Daihatsu landing craft. |
The Momis were
completed in 1919-22, mostly in Navy
yards. They were ugly but
seaworthy ships, with unusual
placement for some of
their weapons that reduced firing arcs but increased protection from
bow
waves. Many were converted to other uses by the time the war
started; some as
tenders and several as patrol
boats. Most of the latter were equipped
with Daihatsu landing craft
to operate as fast
transports, where the high bows provided some slight protection
from incoming fire during landing
operations.
As destroyers:
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Hasu |
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Kuri |
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Tsuga |
Sunk by aircraft 1945-1-15 at Magong |
As patrol boats:
| PB-31 | Takao | Former Kiku. Sunk by aircraft 1944-3-30 at Palau. |
| PB-32 | With Wake Invasion Force | Former Aoi. Sunk by shore batteries 1941-12-23 at Wake. |
| PB-33 | With Wake Invasion Force | Former Hagi. Sunk by shore batteries 1941-12-23 at Wake. |
| PB-34 | Takao | Former Susuki. Sunk by aircraft 1944-7-3 at Truk. |
| PB-35 | Takao | Former Tsuta. Sunk by aircraft 1943-9-2 off Lae. |
| PB-36 | Takao | Former Fuji |
| PB-37 | Takao | Crippled by torpedoes and gunfire 1942-1-24 at Balikpapan |
| PB-38 | Takao | Torpedoed 1944-11-25 by Atule off Luzon |
| PB-39 | Takao | Torpedoed 1943-4-23 by Seawolf off Formosa |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2008-1-2)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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