Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)

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The only question I would have concerns the torpedoes 8x61cm. The Type 93 did not enter service till 1933. Would the Japanese have shared one of their most secret weapons with Koko? Would the early classes of CL been fitted with 21" till/if the Type 93 became available.

Krakatoa wrote:

Type8 No°1 and Type8 No°2, both conventional 610mm torpedoes differing just in warhead and range, were operational since 1920, when Koko is still under direct Japanese sovereignity. Even after the 1921 "indipendence" cooperation between KnK and IJN is high and there is a large technology sharing. More or less, at this point, and well through the 30's and even the early 40's Koko is well sided with Japan, with politicians beign more or less "let's act in a way that beneficts us but Japan also". Japanese control will be more direct after 1933 and the main reason for a table change during WWII will be IJA's misconducts heavily affecting Koko's too.
So in short I'd say that Japan will eventually share some aces with Koko, and that even without Type93 torpedoes I have some 24'inch fishes to field in their place.

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F-9 Class Minelayer:

Because of their short operating range, Kuckikukan-10 class Destroyers were decommissioned between 1924 and 1927 as the more capable Okaze Class units were entering service. Still, their 33-knot top speed had not been overlooked by the Naval Staff, which after the quick and succesful conversion of the arlier Kuchikukan 1 class recognized the feasibility of converting them to other roles were they could have still exploited their high speed. Starting in 1924, as they were decommissioned, all ships sailed for Kumoi arsenal for conversion into Minelayers: All torpedo tubes and one of the five 76mm guns were removed, rails and new deckhouses added and all empited magazine spac turned into stowage for naval mines. Overall, the units so converted could have carried up to 120 warheads. Renamed Fusetsukan 9 through 12 and commissioned between 1925 and 1928, the four units replaced the four older Fusetsukan 1 and served in frontline duties until 1938, when they were placed in reserve and relegated to training duties.
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At the start of the Pacific War the entire class was recalled into active duty. Despite beign truly obsolete by that point all four had the 76mm guns removed and replaced by two twin 25mm machine guns, later augmented by two more single and a triple mount. By 1944 depth charge racks were also added in the vain attempt to counter US Sumbarine activity.
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All four units were lost during the war: F-10 fell from submarine attack, the other three were lost because of air attacks.

Ships in class:

F-9 (ex DD-10) Converted 1924-1925 - Sunk 1944
F-10 (ex DD-11) Converted 1925-1926 - Sunk 1944
F-11 (ex DD-12) Converted 1927-1928 - Sunk 1945
F-12 (ex DD-13) Converted 1927-1928 - Sunk 1944

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Yes, lots of great ships and history in this thread! Great work!

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