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Landing Crafts of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army (Kingdom of the Netherlands : a alternate star trek timeline)

SK-class landing ship

In 1942 the Imperial Japanese Navy realized that they needed a high-speed military transporter, capable of being beached. However the Imperial Japanese Army already had their own amphibious assault ship called the SS class landing ship in service, but the Imperial Japanese Navy wanted a new amphibious assault ship. Thanks to information obtained by the Japanese embassy in Berlin, Germany regarding Operation Torch (1942) where they were able to get photographs and sketches of the United States Navy Tank Landing Craft Mk.V which the Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department studied, a basic design was made which looked like a scaled-up model of the Tank Landing Craft Mk.V.

After the Imperial Japanese Army got word of the Imperial Japanese Navy working own a new amphibious assault ship they decided to join forces to build the new amphibious assault ship. With the Imperial Japanese Navy offering the design and shipyards while the Imperial Japanese Army offered mineral resources. This resulted in the SK-class landing ship. In 1943 the first ship called SK-1 was laid down. More than 49 where build for the Imperial Japanese Navy and 20 for the Imperial Japanese Army. By the late 1960s the SK-class landing ship where replaced by the No.282 Utility Landing Crafts and the No.303 Medium Landing Ships.

No.1 class utility landing craft

The No.1 class utility landing craft was introduced in 1962 replacing the Chuhatsu class landing craft, Daihatsu class landing craft, Shohatsu class landing craft and the Toku Daihatsu class landing craft that were built in the 1940s.

The building contractors included Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Hitachi Zōsen Corporation, Kure Naval Arsenal and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The first-of-class was launched in 1964. The improved No.1-I was introduced in 1966. A total of 130 units of the No.1 and No.1-I were built for the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army.

The No.1 class utility landing craft has a conventional layout with a flat bow door. The craft is capable of carrying 1 tank, or 2 light vehicles, or 46t cargo.

No.131 Utility Landing Craft

The No.131 Utility Landing Craft is the upgraded variant of the No.1 utility landing craft, but with smaller size and capacity. The first ship was completed in December 1967, and a total of over 150 examples have been built. Main building contractors of the ship include Sasebo Naval Arsena, Hitachi Zōsen Corporation, and Kure Naval Arsenal.

The No.131 Utility Landing Craft has a conventional layout with a flat bow door. The craft is capable of carrying 1 tank, or 2 light vehicles, or 36t cargo.

No.282 Utility Landing Craft

The No.282 Utility Landing Craft was originally introduced in 1967 in response to the Imperial Japanese Navy demand for a 100-tonne class cargo craft. The craft was intended mainly for the transport of fuel and water supplies to remote coastal islands without docking facilities. Its secondary mission included the transport of personnel and vehicles in support amphibious assault operations. The first boat was completed in 1970 at Kure Naval Arsenal, with a total of 25 units delivered as of 1981.

In the late 1970s the Imperial Japanese Navy introduced the improved No.282-II which adopted a more powerful 1,000hp diesel engine and a hydraulically operated bow door. The first ship was completed by Kure Naval Arsenal in 1975. A further improved variant No.282-III was introduced in 1979.

No.303 Medium Landing Ship

The No.303 Medium Landing Ship is the medium landing ship introduced in the early 1970s by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessel was designed by Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department and built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and Sasebo Naval Arsenal. A total of 20 hulls were delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy between 1972 and 1978.

The No.303 Medium Landing Ship is an enlarged version of the No.282-II Utility Landing Craft, featuring a conventional large flat bow door, which also serves as a ramp for vehicle and personnel access. The No.303 Medium Landing Ship has a conventional layout with a flat bow door/ramp. The vessel can only operate in coastal waters and has a poor performance in harsh weather. The vessel is capable of carrying 5 tanks, or 8 vehicles, or 4 trucks plus 4 towed field guns, or 250 troops, or 200 ton of cargo.

No.324 Large Landing Ship

The 120 meter long No.324 Large Landing Ship are intended to fill the gap that SK-class landing ship had left when they were decommission in the late 1960s and to provide key sealift and power projection capabilities not able to be done by the No.282 Utility Landing Crafts ore the larger No.303 Medium Landing Ships

The development of the No.324 Large Landing Ship for the Imperial Japanese Navy was approved by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1975. The vessel was required to be able to carry a tank company and an infantry company and directly land them on shore.

The design proposal of the No.324 was approved by the Imperial Japanese Navy in April 1976. The first-of-class of the No.324 was laid down in June 1977 and the vessel was launched in October the same year. The sea trial began in March 1978 and the vessel was commissioned in late 1978. The first batch included three hulls, with number 2 commissioned in 1980 and number 3 in 1982.

The No.324 Large Landing Ship is able to carry a tank company (10~11 tanks) and an infantry company (100~120 troops). Alternatively, it can carry an infantry battalion of 200 troops and an anti-tank gun company. The vehicle deck provides a large floor area of 700 square metres, capable of accommodate 10 vehicles or 500 tonnes of cargo. The vessel has crew of 130 men.

Manchukuo Imperial Air Force (Kingdom of the Netherlands : a alternate star trek timeline)

The Manchukuo Imperial Air Force (Chinese: 大満州帝国空軍 Dà Mǎnzhōu Dìguó Kōngjūn) was established in February 1937, initially with 30 men selected from the Manchukuo Imperial Army and trained at the Japanese Kwantung Army aircraft arsenal in Harbin. The official air force's predecessor was the Manchukuo Air Transport Company (later renamed the Manchukuo National Airways) a paramilitary airline formed in 1931, which undertook transport and reconnaissance missions for the Japanese military.

The first air unit of the Manchukuo Air Force was established at the airfield in Xinjing and initially had only one aircraft: a French-built Nieuport-Delage NiD 29 biplane. Kawasaki Type 88 (KDA-2) light bombers and Nakajima Type 91 fighters were later supplied from Japan. A second air unit was established in Fengtien and the third air unit in Harbin. In July 1940, an Air Defense HQ was created in Xinjing.

Initially, only Japanese pilots and ground crews were deployed. After 1940, the Japanese allowed native ethnic Manchus to receive pilot training. On August 30th 1940, the Tongliao Independent Air Unit Flight School was established in Tongliao to teach both military pilots flying for the Manchukuo Imperial Air Force and also civil pilots flying for Manchukuo National Airways. The training program received a severe setback in January 1941 when approximately 100 pilot cadets rebelled, and fled to join to anti-Japanese guerrillas after killing their instructors. During September to October 1942 the school received more than twenty training aircraft, including Ki-9, Ki-55 and Ki-79 advanced trainers in addition, a transport section with three Nakajima Ki-34 passenger aircraft was established to serve the needs of the imperial court. Additional Nakajima L2D-2s, Tachikawa Ki-54s and Manshū Hayabusa provided for government transportation needs.

In 1942 the fourth and fifth air unit where established in Dalian followed a year later by the sixth air unit in Andong. From 1941 to 1943 the main fighter in use with the Manchukuo Air Force was the Nakajima Ki-27b light fighter until it was replaced by the Manshū Aircraft Company license produced Ki-84 (Manshu Type) fighter and the Mansyū Ki-98 single- ground-attack aircraft who would form main fighter aircraft of the Manchukuo Imperial Air Force until the late 1950s. In the middle of the 1950s the Manchukuo Imperial Air Force bought the Kawasaki Ki-45 two-seat, twin-engine fighter from the Empire of Japan who entered into service , first as a long-range fighter and then as a ground-attack aircraft until the early 1960s.

When in 1950 the Manchukuo National Airways was renamed the Imperial Manchuria Airways its former paramilitary functions where transferred to the newly created Anshan Independent Air Transport Unit which operates out of Anshan air base.

In 1951 the Ki-9, Ki-55 and Ki-79 trainer aircraft who were serving with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd squadrons of the Tongliao Independent Air Unit Flight School where beginning to show their age despite having only entered into service with the Manchukuo Imperial Air Force ten years previous. This was mostly the result due the aircraft being second hand aircraft that were donated by the Japanese. That same year the Manchukuo Imperial government gave Manshū Aircraft Company the task to build a two seat primary training aircraft for the Manchukuo Imperial Air Force. This resulted in the Manshū T-1M which first flew in 1953 and entered production in 1954.

In 1956 the Manshū Aircraft Company began license producing the Japanese designed Nakajima Ki-201 jet fighter where it was designated as the Nakajima Ki-201 (Manshu Type). The Ki-201 (Manshu Type) by the end of the 1950s had replaced the Ki-84 (Manshu Type) as the main fighter in service with the Manchukuo Air Force while the remaining Ki-45 fighter aircraft where converted into ground-attack aircraft until they were replaced completely by Mansyū Ki-99 ground-attack aircraft, a Manshū Aircraft Company own design based on the Ki-201 (Manshu Type) fighter. The Mansyū Ki-99 ground-attack aircraft also replaced the Mansyū Ki-98 single-ground-attack aircraft as the primary ground-attack aircraft in service with the Manchukuo Imperial Air Force.

In the late 1960s the Ki-201 (Manshu Type) which was serving with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th air units was replaced by another Manshū Aircraft Company license produced jet fighter, namely the Nakajima Ki-202 (Manshu Type) of which more than 160 where produced for use with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th air units while the 5th and 6th air units continued to operate the Mansyū Ki-99 ground-attack aircraft.

On January 27th 1968 the Manshū T-2M an improved version of the Manshū T-1M two seat primary training aircraft flew. The Manchukuo Imperial Air Force bought 46 of them who by the late 1970s had replaced the Manshū T-1M as the main primary training aircraft operating with the Manchukuo Imperial Air Force.

Manchukuo Imperial Air Force air unites/squadrons as of 1982

Nakajima Ki-202 (Manshu Type): 40 are operated by the 1st Air Unit (Xinjing).

Nakajima Ki-202 (Manshu Type): 40 are operated by the 2nd Air Unit (Fangtien).

Nakajima Ki-202 (Manshu Type): 40 are operated by the 3rd Air Unit (Harbin).

Nakajima Ki-202 (Manshu Type): 40 are operated by the 4th Air Unit (Dalian).

Mansyū Ki-99: 40 are operated by the 5th Air Unit (Dalian).

Mansyū Ki-99: 40 are operated by the 6th Air Unit (Andong).

Tongliao Independent Air Unit Flight School

Manshū T-2M: 23 are operated by the 1st Squadron.

Manshū T-2M: 23 are operated by the 2nd Squadron.

Anshan Independent Air Transport Unit

12 NAMC Ki-111 transport aircraft.

10 Nakajima L2D light transport aircraft.

Not going to happen for two reasons: first because the army and navy hated each other With a passion and the army would absolutly refuse to cooperate on something that had "navy" written all over it. Second because it was the navy which had Access to the most raw materials of the two services. The navy hoarding steel for their warships is one of the biggest reasons why Japan's tank designs sucked compared to everyone.

Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Kingdom of the Netherlands : a alternate star trek timeline)

The Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Dutch:Marine-Luchtvaartdienst; MLD) is the naval aviation branch of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Netherlands

MVK Valkenburg

Naval air station Valkenburg is located between Wassenaar and Katwijk, near Leiden on the west coast of the Netherlands.

GMV 1, equipped with 8 Fokker F34 Maritime Guardians (used for maritime patrol, reconnaissance, anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare).
GMH 1, equipped with 12 KH-3 Sea Falcons (anti-submarine version).

MVK De Kooij

Naval air station De Kooij is located on the Waddenzee coast, just south of Den Helder (main naval base in the Netherlands).

GMH 3, equipped with 4 KH-3MR Falcon helicopters (Training and Standards, Search and Rescue Unit).
GMV 9, equipped with 9 Fokker S-15 Instructor IIs (Basic Training Unit).
GMV 2, equipped with 2 Fokker F34 planes (Maritime Operations Training Unit)

Netherlands East Indies

MVK Morokrembangan

Naval air station Morokrembangan is located on the Netherlands East Indies island of Java. Began flight operation in 1925 as a large airfield and seaplane base and as of 1982 is the largest Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service airbase in the Netherlands East Indies and also the headquarters of the MLD NEI.

GMV 3, equipped with 8 Fokker F34 Maritime Guardians
GMV 4, equipped with 9 Fokker F34 Troopships.
GMV 5, equipped with 5 Fokker F27 Maritime Enforcers (used for fishery protection, search and rescue and other tasks).
GMH 2, equipped with 12 KH-3 Sea Falcons.
GMH 4, equipped with 4 KH-3MR Falcon helicopters.

MVK Biak

Naval air station Biak is located on the island of Biak, off western New Guinea. The naval station is after MVK Morokrembangan the second Royal Netherlands Naval Aviation Service operated base in the Netherlands East Indies.

GMV 7, equipped with 4 Fokker F34 Maritime Guardians.
GMV 8, equipped with 5 Fokker F27 Maritime Enforcer.
GMH 6, equipped with 4 KH-3MR Falcon helicopters.

Other Territories

MVK Hato

GMV 6, equipped with 4 Fokker F34 Maritime Guardians.
GMH 5, equipped with 4 KH-3MR Falcon helicopters.

Explanatory notes

GMV is short for Groep Maritiem Vliegtuigen (comparable to a squadron).
GMH is short for Groep Maritiem helicopters (comparable to a squadron).
MLD is short for MarineLuchtvaartDienst, the naval air service of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
MVK is short for Marinevliegkamp or in English marine naval air base.

Maybe if they had been browbeaten to do so for fourty years but they defenitly would not be doing that in the early 1940s. Instead, the army would just come up With its own design and jealously retain its own ampibious capabilities, because they would be Damned if they would hand over such a Thing to the navy.

Philippine Navy (Kingdom of the Netherlands : a alternate star trek timeline)

The Philippine Navy (PN) is the naval arm of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Its official name in Filipino is Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas, literally, "Sea Force of the Philippines". Philippine Navy ships are prefixed "BRP" (Barko ng Republika ng Pilipinas or Bapor ng Republika ng Pilipinas; in English, "Ship of the Republic of the Philippines.").

In 1935, the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935-1946) passed the National Defense Act, which aimed to ensure the security of the country. This was criticized because it placed the burden of the defense of the Philippines on ground forces, which in turn, was formed from reservists. It discounted the need for a Commonwealth Air Force and Navy and naval protection was provided by the United States Asiatic Fleet.

In 1944 the then President of the Philippines Manuel Roxas issued Executive Order No. 94. This order elevated the Offshore Patrol which was used for inshore defenses and part of the Philippine Army was elevated to a major command that was equal with the Philippine Army, Constabulary, and Air Force. The Offshore Patrol was renamed the Philippine Naval Patrol, with Jose Andrada as its first commodore and chief. Three years later in 1947 a year after the Philippines had gained its independence the then Secretary of National Defense Basilio J. Valdes created the Philippine Marine Corps (Filipino: Hukbong Kawal Pandagat ng Pilipinas). The next year in 1948, President Elpidio Quirino issued Executive Order No. 389, re-designating the Philippine Naval Patrol as the Philippine Navy. It was to be composed of all naval and marine forces, combat vessels, auxiliary craft, naval aircraft, shore installations, and supporting units that were necessary to carry out all functions of the service.

By the 1960s, the Philippine Navy was one of the best-equipped navies in Southeast Asia.In 1967, the maritime law enforcement functions of the Navy were transferred to the Philippine Coast Guard.

Destroyer escorts

Datu Sikatuna-class destroyer escort (Cannon-class destroyer escort)

Displacement: 1390 tons standard
Length: 306 ft (93.6 m)
Speed: 18 knots
Range: 10,800 mi. at 12 knots
Crew: 165
Armament: 3-US 76mm/50 Mk22, 3-twin Bofors 40mm/56, 2-Oerlikon 20mm, 1-Hedgehog Mk10 A/S mortar and a Depth charge rack.

BRP Datu Sikatuna (Former USS Amick)

BRP Rajah Humabon (Former USS Atherton), flagship of the Philippine Navy.

BRP Datu Kalantiaw (Former USS Booth)

BRP Muhammad Kudarat (Former USS Amick)

BRP Artemio Ricarte (Former USS Atherton)

BRP Mariano Álvarez (Former USS Carter)

Minesweepers

Rizal class-corvette (Auk class minesweeper)

Displacement: 1090 tons standard, 1250 tons full load
Length: 221.2 ft (67.4 m)
Speed: 18 knots
Range: 5,700 mi. at 15 knots
Crew: 80
Armament: 2-US 76mm/50 Mk26, 2-twin Bofors 40mm/56, 4-Oerlikon 20mm ,US Mk 32 torpedo tubes (triple) - Mk 44 A/S torpedoes,1-Hedgehog Mk10 A/S mortar and a Depth charge rack.

BRP Rizal (Former USS Murrelet)

BRP Quezon (Former USS Vigilance)

BRP Laurel (Former USS Toucan)

BRP Quirino (Former USS Waxwing)

Miguel Malvar-class corvette (Admirable-class minesweeper)

Displacement: 625 tons
Length: 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam: 33 ft (10 m)
Draft: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Speed: 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement: 104
Armament: 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun, 4 × Bofors 40 mm gun, 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon,1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar, 4 × Depth charge projectors, 2 × Depth charge racks and 2 × Minesweeping paravanes.

BRP Datu Tupas

BRP Miguel Malvar

BRP Magat Salamat

BRP Sultan Kudarat

BRP Datu Marikudo

BRP Cebu

BRP Negros

BRP Leyte

BRP Pangasinan

Submarine chasers

PC-461 class submarine chasers

BRP Negros Oriental (former USS PC-1171)

Motor Gunboats

PGM-39 class

BRP Agusan (former USS PGM-39)

BRP Catanduanes (former USS PGM-40)

BRP Romblon (former USS PGM-41)

BRP Palawan (former USS PGM-42)

Landing Ship Tank

LST-491-class tank landing ship

BRP Lanao del Sur ( former USS LST-491)

BPR Cotabato Del Sur (former USS Cayuga County)

LST-542-class tank landing ship

BRP Sierra Madre (former USS Harnett County)

BRP Agusan del Sur (former USS Jerome County)

BRP Surigao del Sur (former USS LST-546)

BRP Ilocos Norte (former USS Madera County)