PB-31 class patrol boats




Displacement935t standard, 1020t full load
Length83.8m pp
Width7.9m
Draught2.4m
Machinery2-shaft geared turbine, 2 boilers, 4000shp
Speed18kt
Armament2-12cm/45cal gun, 6-25mm AA, 60 DCs
Complement?



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
PB-31FY1917Kawasaki, Kobe?1920.10.131920.12.10DD2
(Kiku)
1940. 4. 1 PB (PB-31)
1944. 3.30 sunk
(air attack, Palau)
[07.30N, 134.30E]
1944. 5.10 disc
PB-32FY1917Kawasaki, Kobe?1920.11. 91920.12.20DD2
(Aoi)
1940. 4. 1 PB (PB-32)
1941.12.23 lost
(wrecked, Wake I.)
[19.17N, 166.37E]
1942. 1.10 disc
PB-33FY1917Uraga Dock?1920.10.291921. 4.20DD2
(Hagi)
1940. 4. 1 PB (PB-33)
1941.12.23 lost
(wrecked, Wake I.)
[19.17N, 166.37E]
1942. 1.10 disc
PB-34FY1917Ishikawajima SB?1921. 2.211921. 5. 5DD2
(Susuki)
1940. 4. 1 PB (PB-34)
1944. 3. 6 sunk
(collision with Yakaze, S of Kavien)
1945. 1.10 disc
PB-35FY1918Kawasaki, Kobe?1921. 5. 91921. 6.30DD2
(Tsuta)
1940. 4. 1 PB (PB-35)
1942. 9. 2 sunk
(air attack, off Lae)
[06.45S, 147E]
1943. 2.10 disc
PB-36FY1917Fujinagata SB?1920.11.271921. 5.31DD2
(Fuji)
1940. 4. 1 PB (PB-36)
1946. 8.10 disc
1946 to Net, BU
PB-37FY1917Uraga Dock?1921. 5. 91922. 3. 3DD2
(Hishi)
1940. 4. 1 PB (PB-37)
1942. 1.24 damaged
(action, off Borneo)
[01.24S, 117.02E]
1942. 4.10 disc
PB-38FY1918Ishikawajima SB?1922. 3.141922. 8. 9DD2
(Yomogi)
1940. 4. 1 PB (PB-38)
1944.11.25 sunk
(torpedoed, Bashi Strait)
[20.12N, 121.51E]
1945. 3.10 disc
PB-39FY1917Fujinagata SB?1922. 3.151922. 7.31DD2
(Tade)
1940. 4. 1 PB (PB-39)
1943. 4.23 sunk
(torpedoed, S of Yonaguni I.)
[23.45N, 122.45E]
1943. 7. 1 disc



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