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Shohatsu

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
14m Daihatsu (army LB-D) - 3229 units (1935 - 1945), inc Nos (-go) 5029-5033, 5048-5052, 5067-5071, 5087-5091, 5112-5117, 5138-5143, 5160-5165, 5188, 5189 etc 17m Toku Daihatsu (army N-L-BD) - 163 units (1943 - 1945), inc Nos (-go) 2049-2068, 2081-2099, 2526-2536 etc 10m Shohatsu (army SB-C) - 20 units (1944) 13m Chuhatsu - 3 units (1944) 15m Moku Daihatsu - 1140 units (1944 - 1945)	various: 4555 units	1935 - 1945: 4555 units	unknown	unknown	unknown

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	10m: 3.8 14m: 9 - 9.5 15m: 9 17m: 17.5
Displacement normal, t	10m: 6.5 13m: 15.5 14m: 20 - 21.4 15m: 17 17m: 32.6 - 37.2
Length, m	10m: 10.6 13m: 13.0 14m: 14.6 15m: 15.0 17m: 17.6
Breadth, m	10m: 2.44 13m: 2.90 14m: 3.35 15m: 3.61 17m: 3.71
Draught, m	10m: 0.58 13m: 0.79 14m: 0.76 15m: 0.53 17m: 0.99
No of shafts	10m: 1 13m: 1 14m A1, AB1, B1, D1, E1-gata: 1 14m C2-gata: 2 15m: 2 17m A2, AB2, B2-gata: 2 17m B1-gata: 1
Machinery	10m: 1petrol engine 13m: 1 petrol engine 14m A1, AB1, D1, E1-gata: 1 diesel 14m B1-gata: 1 petrol engine 14m C2-gata: 2 petrol engines 15m: 2 petrol engines 17m A2, AB2, B2-gata: 2 diesels 17m B1-gata: 1 diesel
Power, h. p.	10m: 60 13m: 60 14m A1, AB1, D1-gata: 60 14m B1, C2-gata: 80 14m E1-gata: 150 15m: 80 17m A2, AB2-gata: 120 17m B1-gata: 150 17m B2-gata: 300
Max speed, kts	10m: 7.5 13m: 8 14m A1, AB1, D1-gata: 7.5 14m B1, C2, D1-gata: 8 14m E1-gata: 8.5 15m: 8 17m A2, AB2, B1-gata: 8 17m B2-gata: 10
Fuel, t	10m: petrol 13m: petrol 14m A1, AB1, D1, E1-gata: diesel oil 14m B1, C2-gata: petrol 15m: petrol 17m: diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	10m: 1 x 1 -7.7/80 13m: 1 x 1 - 7.7/80 or 1 x 1 - 13.2/76 14m (earlier): 2 x 1 - 7.7/80 14m (later): (2 - 3) x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki 14m as ASW craft: (2 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 DCR (4)) or (1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 - 533 TT) 15m: 2 x 1 - 7.7/80 or 1 x 1 - 13.2/76 17m: 2 x 1 - 7.7/80 or 1 x 1 - 13.2/76 or (2 - 3) x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki
Military load	10m: 35 men or 3.3 t of cargo 13m: 60 men or 10 t of cargo 14m: 10 - 12 t of cargo or 70 men or 1 7.5-t tank 15m: 80 men or 8 t of cargo 17m: 16.5 t of cargo or 120 men or 1 15.6-t tank
Complement	10m: 5 13m: 6 14m: 12 15m: 6 17m: 15

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Project history

IJN ordered 20 10m, probably 3 13m, 1140 15m, 3229 14m and 163 17m type landing crafts. All had steel hull, except wooden 15m craft. Most were fitted with bow ramps, apart from 10m type with motorboat-type hull.

Modernizations

1945, some Daihatsu 14-m: were converted to ASW craft with armament consisted of 2 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 DCR (4) or to MTB (1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 - 533 TT)

Naval service

No significant events.