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Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 8/31/2018 8:31:36 AM

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Hi all - I've done another little infographic, summarising the life and times (and quick ending, for the most part) of the Japanese No.1 class fast transports. It's a class of ships that has increasingly fascinated me. They could have made such a difference had the IJN built them 2 years earlier, in time for Guadalcanal...

Enjoy. If you like this one, have a look at my my "Weserubung" graphic in Warspite's AAR over in TOE4 forums http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4476499

I'm open to suggestions on what to do next.

(Also, if I started doing these on Patreon, would anybody support me? Are they worth say $1 apiece to people?)

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 8/31/2018 9:39:03 AM

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Nice one. T9 was a lucky little ship

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 8/31/2018 10:55:51 AM

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Super nice!

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 8/31/2018 12:46:29 PM

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Super nice!

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/1/2018 4:25:36 AM

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This is a very nice piece of work. How long did it take to make?

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/1/2018 6:02:03 AM

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Interesting, I like it :)

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/1/2018 7:41:16 AM

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Seems ahead of their time. Very interesting.

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/1/2018 4:05:52 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: ChuckBerger

Hi all - I've done another little infographic, summarising the life and times (and quick ending, for the most part) of the Japanese No.1 class fast transports. It's a class of ships that has increasingly fascinated me. They could have made such a difference had the IJN built them 2 years earlier, in time for Guadalcanal...

Enjoy. If you like this one, have a look at my my "Weserubung" graphic in Warspite's AAR over in TOE4 forums http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4476499

I'm open to suggestions on what to do next.

(Also, if I started doing these on Patreon, would anybody support me? Are they worth say $1 apiece to people?)

Very nice work on a little known class of ship! I would certainly be open to paying the 1$ for similar work.
As for battle charts similar to your Weserubung one, do you dare tackle Leyte Gulf?

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/2/2018 2:09:36 AM

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jdsrae: yep, T.9 is one of my new favorite ships of the war. She's one of the very few ships that were in the TA operations that ever saw Japan again, and to survive a dozen missions to the Bonins in 1945 is just astonishing. She did get worked over twice by aircraft with heavy casualties, though, so a fair chunk of her crew might not consider her all that lucky.

pbiggar: depends what you count! I used some graphical assets developed for other infographics. The more I do the better and faster these get. I reckon I spent about 5-7 hours focused work on this one, not including idle browsing and general reading...

LeeChard: yes, definitely a bit ahead of its time, like so many Japanese innovations during the war.

BBfanboy: funny you should mention Leyte Gulf! I've spent a lot of time trying to work out how to portray this battle in a new and interesting way. I think it's interesting to situate Leyte as part of a broader Philippine naval campaign, lasting roughly 5 months from the start of September 1944 thorough January 1945. That encompasses not just Leyte Gulf battle proper, but the extensive IJN losses in pre-invasion carrier strikes, plus the costly TA operations and further strikes on Manila etc. It's this broader 4- to 5-month campaign that really breaks the back of Japanese naval power, not just the Leyte Gulf battle itself. I'll get there with it!

All: thanks, and watch this space. I might revise my earlier graphics and really flesh them out in this manner. Or maybe continue doing my charts-in-progress mapping the careers of IJN subs and Italian subs.

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/2/2018 5:37:07 AM

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The colour picture at the bottom left shows what looks like a large hole on the side of the ship just behind the bridge - looks like it extends from main deck to upper deck. Any explanation for this in your source material? T-9 after a bomb hit maybe?

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/2/2018 6:22:34 AM

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To me it looks like some upperstructure platform which protrudes over the side of the ship and draws a shadow on the side of the hull.

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/2/2018 6:41:23 AM

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It's a ship's boat hanging over the side & casting a shadow. Hard to see at that resolution - here's the original full res: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l9N6jteIkAY/UsXx7ZXsEyI/AAAAAAAAw9Y/l6v4KBjCkvc/s0/77638512.jpg

The ship is T.5, and the photo was taken during testing of Type 3 midget subs during August 1944.

Reminds me, I really need to do captions & citations for these graphics.

There's a great compilation of stuff about these transports here: https://forum.worldofwarships.eu/topic/2453-no1-class-transports/

My source info for the graphic was that site, plus of course the TROMs posted at Combined Fleet, and a few bits and pieces from elsewhere on the web.

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/2/2018 4:00:33 PM

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Thanks! I definitely could not have seen that boat in the smaller picture!

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/4/2018 5:02:43 PM

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Sixteen of twenty-one lost. Sounds like a U-boat record. Ah, a small ship going in harms' way. Nice post.

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RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports - 9/4/2018 5:24:31 PM

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