On 13 December 1937, Hira and other IJN ships engaged Chinese positions at Xiaguan, China and attacked Chinese boats and rafts on the Yangtze River. On 17 August 1944 Hira was damaged by US 14th Air Force aircraft at Kiukiang, China. On 26 November 1944 Hira and the gunboat Hozu ran aground near Anking, China. Chinese aircraft subsequently bombed and sunk Hozu and severely damaged Hira. Hira was scrapped in July 1945.[1]
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Vessels of the IJN
Monograph 144 Chapter II
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japanese, gunboat, hira, hira, 比良, river, gunboat, imperial, japanese, navy, part, 11th, gunboat, sentai, that, operated, yangtze, river, china, during, 1930s, during, second, sino, japanese, hira, 1923history, empire, japan, namehira, buildermitsubishi, zosen. Hira 比良 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 Hira 1923History Empire of Japan NameHira BuilderMitsubishi Zosensho Kobe Japan Laid down15 August 1921 Launched14 March 1923 Completed24 August 1923 disassembled and shipped to Yangtze Engineering Hankow China Reassembly finished 1 December 1923 Stricken10 May 1945 FateScrapped 1945 1 General characteristics TypeSeta class gunboat Armament2 80 mm 3 in 40 cal guns 3 or 6 13 2 mm 0 52 in machine guns On 13 December 1937 Hira and other IJN ships engaged Chinese positions at Xiaguan China and attacked Chinese boats and rafts on the Yangtze River On 17 August 1944 Hira was damaged by US 14th Air Force aircraft at Kiukiang China On 26 November 1944 Hira and the gunboat Hozu ran aground near Anking China Chinese aircraft subsequently bombed and sunk Hozu and severely damaged Hira Hira was scrapped in July 1945 1 Sources editJapanese gunboats with photos in Japanese Vessels of the IJN Monograph 144 Chapter IIReferences edit a b Combinedfleet Hira Combinedfleet com Retrieved 5 December 2012 nbsp This article about a specific military ship or boat of Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Japanese gunboat Hira amp oldid 1104870280, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
