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Friday 8 December 2017

Major part of the Japanese naval shipbuilding programmes realized according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1939 no. 10

An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated July 1939 reporting that in the meantime the ships built under the 1930 and 1933 programmes for the major part were commissioned. Totally were 83 ships with a total tonnage of 221.942 tons to be built. Namely 2 aircraft tenders (20.100 ton), 3 aircraft carriers (27.000 ton). 6 light cruisers (51.000 ton), 26 destroyers (36.888 ton, 15 submarines (21.200 tons), 5 minelayers (6.864 tons), 20 torpedo boats (11.688 tons), 6 minesweepers (2.952 tons), 6 submarine chasers (1.800 tons), 1-10.000 submarine mother ship, 2 oil tankers (2.4.000 tons) and 1-8.000 tons repair ship.