Katsuriki

History

The Navy’s first purpose-built ocean minelayer (a rushed WWI-era order, 1916, Kure Naval Yard, on a merchant-ship-like hull). Later converted into a hydrographic survey ship (surveyed the Spratly Islands in 1938, among others). Sole ship.

Ships in this class

ShipKanjiRemark
Katsuriki勝力Sunk by torpedoes from the submarine USS Haddo, roughly 80 nautical miles southwest of Manila.

Builds of this class

No build for this ship class yet.

Available kits

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