The was a class of motor gunboat of the

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, serving from the 1930s to

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. The IJN official designation was .JACAR C05034620500, p. 1

Background

In 1934,

Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of (Great) Manchuria after 1934, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China, Manchuria from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic in 1932 afte ...

ordered four gunboats from Japan. The IJN established 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

Footnotes

Bibliography

*The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.53, ''Japanese support vessels'', (Japan), July 1981 *''50 year History of Harima Zōsen'', Harima Zōsen Corporation, November 1960 *,

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**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'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Kozakura Gunboats of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1935 ships