Kozakura-class traffic boat


The Kozakura-class traffic boat was a class of motor gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving from the 1930s to World War II. The IJN official designation was 30-ton traffic boat.

Background

In 1934, Manchukuo ordered four gunboats from Japan. The IJN established Extraordinary Navy Defense Corps to educate them and built two 30-ton motor gunboat Kozakura and Shiraume. In 1939, Kozakura and Shiraume which finished a duties and transferred to Manchukuo Imperial Navy, and the IJN withdrew from Manchukuo.

Ships in class

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