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"T38" type MTB 6.1944

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
第241号魚雷艇 - 第286号魚雷艇 [241-go - 286-go] 第457号魚雷艇 - 第467号魚雷艇 [457-go - 467-go] 第506号魚雷艇 - 第528号魚雷艇 [506-go - 528-go]	Yokosuka K K: 241 - 286-go Sasebo K K: 457 - 467-go Maizuru K K: 506 - 528-go	1943 - 1945: 241-286-go, 457-467-go, 506-528-go	at least 245-go (1945), 251-go (CTL 11.7.1944), 254-go (1945), 256-go (CTL 18.7.1945), 258-go (1945)	none	after 8.1945: some from 241 - 244-go, 246 - 250-go, 252-go, 253-go, 255-go, 257-go, 259 - 286-go, 457 - 467-go, 506 - 528-go

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	20
Displacement full, t	24
Length, m	18.0
Breadth, m	4.30
Draught, m	0.65 - 0.74
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Kinsei 41-shiki petrol engines (air-cooled)
Power, h. p.	1400
Max speed, kts	27.5
Fuel, t	petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)	220(26)
Armament	1 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 - 450 TT
Complement	7

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Project history

Development of B type (Otsu-Gata) T1. They differed each other by as a hull material (steel on Т23, Т31, Т32, Т33 and Т37 series or wooden on Т25, Т34, Т35, Т36, Т38 and Т39 series), and type and number of engines. Shortage of the latter has compelled to fit 238 boats with low-power (450hp) petrol engines. Since Т31 series boats did not had cruising engines.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events