Japanese gunboat Ataka

Japanese gunboat Ataka

"Ataka" was a river gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy that operated on the Yangtze River in China during the 1930's, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

On 20 May 1933 Ataka was incorporated into the 3rd Fleet, as flagship of the 11th Gunboat Sentai. She was supplanted by the as flagship in 1937.

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* [http://earth.endless.ne.jp/users/mac0115/nihonnnokanntei7.html Japanese gunboats (with photos)] jp icon
* [http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0652.htm Vessels of the IJN]
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/monos/144/144chap2.html#Shanghai%20Incident Monograph 144 Chapter II]


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