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And here's the W-19 class, the improved W-7. Note the new paravane

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Works for me! Nice one btw

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Great drawing! Here's the ships in the class:

W-19 - wrecked by aerial attack off Appari, Luzon, Philippines, 10 December 1941.
W-20 - sunk by submarine U.S.S. Springer SE of Mokpo, Korea, 5 May 1945.
W-21 - survived war; sunk as target in Yellow Sea, 7 October 1947.
W-22 - sunk by mine off Babelthuap, Peleliu, 11 November 1944.
W-23 - survived war; surrendered to Soviet Union, 3 October 1947; ultimate fate unknown.
W-24 - sunk by aerial attack off Muroran, Hokkaido, 15 July 1945/
W-25 - sunk by aerial attack off Chichi Jima, 4 July 1944.
W-26 - sunk by aerial attack in Keravia Bay, Rabaul, 17 February 1944; salvaged and scrapped 1958.
W-27 - sunk by submarine U.S.S. Runner II off Yamada Bay, N Honshu, 10 July 1945.
W-28 - sunk by submarine U.S.S. Jack N of Celebes, 29 August 1944.
W-29 - sunk by mine in Kanmon Strait, 8 May 1945.
W-30 - sunk by aerial attack in approaches to Ormoc Bay, Philippines, 11 November 1944.
W-33 - sunk by aerial attack in Onagawa Bay, NE Honshu, 9 August 1945.
W-34 - sunk by submarine U.S.S. Chub off Kepulauan, Java, 21 May 1945.
W-38 - sunk by submarine U.S.S. Atule SW of Takao, Formosa, 20 November 1944.
W-39 - sunk by submarine U.S.S. Threadfin near Saishu Island in Yellow Sea, 20 July 1945.
W-41 - sunk by submarine U.S.S. Cod N of Keelung, Formosa, 25 April 1945.

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Great drawing!

Here's the Cha-1 Class Auxillary Sub Chasers. These wooden hulled boats were built in 1943-44 and were designed after trawlers. (Likely it was planned to sell them off after the war.)

If anyone has a source for the underwater hull please let me know, and I'll be happy to add it. I've only been able to find one picture, but it was extremely small, and didn't scale well.
P.S. Sorry if this is an intrusion on this thread. I felt it was the most appropriate place to post it.

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All of the Axis leadership couldn't get the idea that they were actually losing the war, but the most likely explanation as to why they were designed after trawlers was because it was a design they could build cheaply and quickly under very desperate circumstances (especially by 1944). The Allies were no stranger to using this method either - the Flower corvettes were based off of ocean-going trawlers themselves.

Here's another small subchaser, the SCS-1 Class:

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Nice!

Seconded Another excellent topic that gives our forum 'cred'+