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Old 07-27-22, 07:16 AM   #4950
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The Tachibana Class was a sub-class of the "Escort Destroyer" Matsu Class, both of which are later war classes, similar in construction to the Type C and Type D Class gunboat "Escorts". Pre-welded assembly line construction done on the cheap and hurried through construction. We have no documentation of throwers on any of them. Both the C & D had only one chute in real life, but a single mortar was added aft very late. I have no idea as to the configuration of that, but I would guess it threw one to each side, but it may have been "aim-able", and able to throw only one at a time. Nothing of the sort is mentioned for any of the Matsu Class, or its sub-classes...
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