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Saw this drawing in Life magazine, 23 Feb. 1942 article, "An Era of Empire Ends at Singapore." Note propellers in the aft.
Google turns up nothing for me, soooooo, real or artistic license?
JAPANESE SHALLOW DRAFT BARGES.
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New one on me but surprisingly seems to be genuine, at least in part.
Type E landing craft for troop and horse transport in rivers and swampy areas.
archive.hnsa.org
Seems like an exaggeration for that vessel to be landing tanks. But the Japanese did transport tanks across the Johore Strait, but probably in one of the other types they had. If you move back and forth to earlier/later pages you will see some of the options.
The vessels used at Singapore were only described as "barges and collapsible boats" in the accounts I have read with some 400 being available to each attacking division. The Type E would seem entirely suitable for a landing on Singapore's north western corner where the Japanese landed. That side was full of mangrove swamp, jungle and broken by creeks and rivers.
Type E landing craft for troop and horse transport in rivers and swampy areas.
Far-Eastern Small Craft Handbook
Seems like an exaggeration for that vessel to be landing tanks. But the Japanese did transport tanks across the Johore Strait, but probably in one of the other types they had. If you move back and forth to earlier/later pages you will see some of the options.
The vessels used at Singapore were only described as "barges and collapsible boats" in the accounts I have read with some 400 being available to each attacking division. The Type E would seem entirely suitable for a landing on Singapore's north western corner where the Japanese landed. That side was full of mangrove swamp, jungle and broken by creeks and rivers.
Nice find Geo 
There were few pics of crossing the Johore Strait except like these.
Source: マレー作戦 : 大東亜戦史 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション
There were few pics of crossing the Johore Strait except like these.
Source: マレー作戦 : 大東亜戦史 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション
Good stuff!
