Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Shimushu Class Escort Ships

Also searchable as Shimushu Class.

Related time notes

  1. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    7:00Shimushu's early origins and delayed constructionChapter
  2. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    8:08Shimushu's treaty-sized escort specificationNotable Point
  3. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    10:00Fisheries patrol, minesweeping and convoy defenceChapter
  4. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    12:29Rough-sea hulls and the cost of complicated shapesNotable Point
  5. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    30:33More capable escorts arriving in 1943-45Notable Point
  6. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    38:03Hiburi's faster construction compared with ShimushuNotable Point
  7. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    1:01:20A larger escort force and the Mark 14 counterfactualNotable Point
  8. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    21:39Japanese kaibokan and the late start in escort constructionQ&A