Gross tonnage 6.780 ton, under deck 6.507 ton, net tonnage 5.056 ton and as dimensions 425.0 x 53.6 x 37.5 x 8.6 (light)-28.6 (loaded) feet. Speed 10 (normal cruising)-13 (maximum) knots. With a coal bunker capacity of 2.300 ton and a speed of 10 knots a range of 15.000 nautical miles. Reciprocating steam propulsion. Single screw. Built by Harima Dockyard Co. Ltd., Harima, Japan in March 1919. Of Kaiyo Kisen K.K., Kobe, Japan, manager Yamashita Kisen K.K. Call sign JIWD. Sunk by the American submarine USS Tang (SS-306) in the Koshiki Straits 40 miles south west of Nagasaki, Japan on 24 June 1944. On board were several hundreds of Allied prisoners of war and Japanese military.
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