Japanese gunboat Kotaka

History
Name	Kotaka
Namesake	general term of small accipitridae (example: Eurasian sparrowhawk)
Ordered	fiscal year 1929
Builder	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tama shipyard
Cost	246,561 JPY
Laid down	2 September 1929
Launched	18 January 1930
Completed	1 November 1930
Commissioned	1930–1944
Stricken	1944
Homeport	Shanghai
Fate	sunk by air raid on 31 May 1944
General characteristics
Type	River gunboat
Displacement	50 tons standard; 60.67 long tons (62 t) standing ;
Length	30.5 meters; 30 m (98 ft 5 in) lpp ;
Beam	4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught	0.64 m (2 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × Niigata Iron Works diesels, 540 bhp
Speed	15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h)
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Armament	3 × Type 92 7.7 mm machine guns 1942: Reduced to 2 × Type 92 7.7 mm machine guns

Kotaka (小鷹) was a river gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, part of the 11th Gunboat Sentai, that operated on the Yangtze River in China during the 1930s, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Participated in the Battle of Wuhan, June-Sept., 1938. Participated in Battle of Madang and Battle of Jiujiang, June, 1938. Nanchang Campaign: February–May, 1939. 1942: In service as passenger ship. Sunk May 31, 1944 on the Yangtze River while serving as a communications ship.^[7] The IJN official designation was 60-ton traffic ship (Motored river exclusive-Special type) (六拾瓲交通船 (内火式河用特型),, 60-ton kōtsūsen (Uchibishiki kawayou-Tokugata)).^[2]^[4]

Footnotes[]

^ JACAR A09050130100
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Daiji Katagiri, p. 489
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b JACAR A09050130100, p. 20–21
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Maru Special (1981), p. 37
^ JACAR C05021206200, p. 9
^ JACAR C05021645000, p. 2, p. 7
^ "Japanese Gunboats". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

Bibliography[]

The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.53, Japanese support vessels, "Ushio Shobō". (Japan), July 1981
Daiji Katagiri, Ship Name Chronicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Kōjinsha (Japan), June 1988, ISBN 4-7698-0386-9
"Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)"., National Archives of Japan
- Reference code: A09050130100, Explanatory document on addition of fiscal 1929 estimated expense in 56th Diet
- Reference code: C05021206200, Inquiry, Response, Notification (6)
- Reference code: C05022903500, Military Affairs 1, No. 88 June 21, 1933, Traffic ship, Kotaka
- Reference code: C05021645000, No. 2026 June 15, 1931 Sasebo Navy Arsenal No.10-26, Establishing part of equipment for traffic ship Kotaka

Sources[]

Japanese gunboats (with photos) (in Japanese)
Vessels of the IJN
Monograph 144 Chapter II

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[JACAR_A09050130100-1] JACAR A09050130100

[Katagiri_p489-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Daiji Katagiri, p. 489

[JACAR_A09050130100_P20-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b JACAR A09050130100, p. 20–21

[The_Maru_Special_P37-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Maru Special (1981), p. 37

[JACAR_C05021206200_P9-5] JACAR C05021206200, p. 9

[JACAR_C05021645000_P2-6] JACAR C05021645000, p. 2, p. 7

[7] "Japanese Gunboats". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

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show v t Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1944
Shipwrecks	1 May: U-277 2 May: U-674, U-959 3 May: USS Donnell, U-852 4 May: U-371, U-846 5 May: USS Fechteler 6 May: U-66, U-473, U-765 7 May: HMCS Valleyfield 9 May: USS PC-558 10 May: Karukaya, Totila 11 May: USS YF-415 13 May: Ro-501 14 May: America Maru, Inazuma, U-1234 15 May: U-731 16 May: I-176 17 May: U-616 19 May: U-960, U-1015, I-16 21 May: USS LST-353, USS LST-480, U-453 22 May: Asanagi, Hashidate, Ro-106 23 May: Ro-104 24 May: Ro-116, U-675 25 May: U-476, U-990 26 May: Ro-108 27 May: U-292 28 May: UJ 2210 29 May: USS Block Island, U-549 31 May: Ishigaki, Kotaka, Ro-105, U-289 Unknown date: U-240
Other incidents	2 May: USS Parrott 4 May: HMS Elgin 12 May: U-1102 16 May: U-616 21 May: West Loch disaster 24 May: U-476 Unknown date: USS Medusa
1943 1944 1945 April 1944 June 1944

History


Name	Kotaka
Namesake	general term of small accipitridae (example: Eurasian sparrowhawk)^[2]
Ordered	fiscal year 1929 ^[1]
Builder	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tama shipyard
Cost	246,561 JPY ^[3]
Laid down	2 September 1929
Launched	18 January 1930
Completed	1 November 1930
Commissioned	1930–1944
Stricken	1944
Homeport	Shanghai
Fate	sunk by air raid on 31 May 1944
General characteristics
Type	River gunboat
Displacement	50 tons standard 60.67 long tons (62 t) standing ^[4]
Length	30.5 meters 30 m (98 ft 5 in) lpp ^[4]
Beam	4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) ^[5]
Draught	0.64 m (2 ft 1 in) ^[4]
Propulsion	2 × Niigata Iron Works diesels, 540 bhp ^[4]
Speed	15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h)
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) ^[3]
Armament	3 × Type 92 7.7 mm machine guns ^[4]^[6] 1942: Reduced to 2 × Type 92 7.7 mm machine guns