Official number 45671 and call sign JXHM. Built by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan in 1938, owned by Nitto Kogyo Kisen K.K., Tokyo, Japan, purchased by the Japanese Imperial Navy ion 26 December 1940, converted into an auxiliary tanker, destroyed by the American submarine USS Silversides (SS-236) on 18 January 1943 100 miles south west of Truk and stricken on 1 April 1943. . Gross tonnage 10.023 tons, under deck 8.800, net tonnage 5.820 tons and as dimensions 500 x 65 x 37.1 feet.
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