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Very professional documentation and drawings of a huge, but not so well known ship class. Well, done.

Progressing to the Mikura class.
Unfortunately Radome's original turned out to be out of scale and not easily fixed. Many easily obtained western sources (like the english Wikipedia) give the overall lenght of the class as the same the preceding Shimushu and Etorofu classes. However, other sites (like combined fleet.com, the Japanese Wikipedia, Navypedia, and "materials of IJN" and Japanese books like "ships of the world n°507, dedicated to IJN escorts) all confirm an overall lenght of 78,8m instead. I too almos made this error, having gone through-half-way fixing and tracing work from a Mikura linedrawing before relizing the scaling problem and starting it anew.


The eight ships of the Mikura class were denoted "Type B" and were the third class of Kaibokan. The Mikuras, unlike the two preceding Etorofu and Shimushu classes, were dedicated to the anti-aircraft (AA) and anti-submarine role. The ships measured 78.8 meters (256 ft 9 in) overall, with a beam of 9.1 meters (29 ft 10 in) and a draft of 3.05 meters (10 ft 0 in). They displaced 940 metric tons at standard load. The ships had two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft, which were rated at a total of 4,400 brake horsepower for a speed of 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph). The ships had a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).
Unlike the "Type A" armed with 120mm guns removed from old destroyers, Mikura class ships received dual-purpose guns of the same calibre in single and twin mounts. As built they carried three 120mm guns, a shielded single forward and a twin unshielded aft, four 25mm machine guns in two twin mounts and 120 depth charges. The number of AA machine guns was later increased to up to eighteen and they recieved an 81mm trench mortar. They were all commissioned between October 1943 and May 1944. Five were lost during the war.

Awaji as of 1944:

Third ship of the class to be commissioned, she entered service in late January 1944. She had a short career, sunk off Manila by submarine USS Guitarro in June of the same year.

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-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

This series is EPIC!!! Great job on these, my friend!

Also: According to her TROM on combinedfleet.com, Oki served until being stricken in 1982 and was scrapped soon after.

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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Chiburi as of 1944:

One of the last units to enter service, in May 1944, she was sunk by US carrier-based aircrafts off Saigon in January 1945.

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Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

These are excellent additions, very well drawn and researched too.

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English Electric Canberra FD
Interwar RN Capital Ships
Super-Darings
Never-Were British Aircraft

Great series, I like the Mikura class the most so far.

All the best

Tempest.

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MD Scale, 4 Pixels : 1 Foot
Official German Parts Sheet
German Capital Ship Projects of The First World War

Awesome job!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

#FJB

Nomi as of 1944:

She was commissioned in February 1944. On April 14th 1945 Nomi spotted and charged the submarine USS tirante while she was attacking a convoy northwest of Saishi Island (South Korea). She was however hit by thwo torpedoes that detonated her magazines, breaking her in half and sinking.

Yashiro as of 1945:

Commissioned in May 1944 -like sisters Chiburi and Kusagaki- she was hower the last to be laid down, in December 1943. She differed from all other Mikura-class units for having her funnel almost rectangular-shaped, with only the edges smoothed out, contrary to the oal shape of the others. In 1945 she was refitted to increase the anti air armament, carrying five triple 25mm machine guns and an unspecified number of singles (the aft mast was shifted towards the funnel to make space). The minesweeping gear was also removed in order to increase the depth charge complement. Yashiro survived the war and served as a repatriation vessel until 1947, she was then ceded to china as war reparation and renamed Cheng An, serving until 1963.


This wraps up the Mikura class.

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My Worklist
Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

These are great! Thank you. Nice to see some more small
warships.

Great series (as always)!