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| Tonnage | 238 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 97'9" by 20'1" by 7'8" 29.79m by 6.12m by 2.34m |
| Maximum speed | 9 knots |
| Armament | 2
25mm AA
guns 3 13mm/76 machine guns 8 depth charges |
| Range | 3500 nautical miles (6500 km) at 9 knots |
| Modifications | 1945-1: 4 25mm AA guns, 2 4.7" rocket launchers, 12 depth
charges |
The Type Pa patrol boat was basically a fishing boat design, built of
wood and equipped with sails and
intended to be converted to civilian
use after the war. Incredible as it may seem, there were incidents
where these craft actually succeeded in dropping depth charges on
American submarines (albeit without doing
significant damage) even
though the more modern American submarines were about as fast submerged
as
these craft were on the surface! The Pas
usually operated somewhat like Q-ships, attacking submarines that
assumed they could be safely ignored.
About 40-odd craft of this type were completed in 1945.
References
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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