Japanese Gunboat Ataka
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The Japanese gunboat Ataka was the flagship of the 11th Gunboat Sentai that operated on the Yangtze River in China during the 1930's and during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Armaments: 2-12cm/45cal gun, 2-8cm/40cal gun, 6 MGs
May 20th, 1933 Ataka was incorporated into the 3rd fleet, as 11th squadron flagship. Supplanted by Yaeyama as flagship in 1937.
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- Japanese gunboats in Japanese, with photo
- Materials of IJN
- Monograph 144 Chapter II
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