Call sign JFOJ. Gross tonnage 8,812 tons, 5,300 tons net tonnage, and as dimensions 450.0 x 62.0 x 39.5 x 14 (light)-29 (loaded) feet. Laid down by Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd., Tama, Japan with yard number 202 on 14 March 1934, launched on 14 January 1935, completed on 30 March 1935, requisitioned by the Japanese Imperial Army as transport 862 around 5 July 1941 and sunk in an American air attack at San Fernando, Philippines on 30 December 1944. Diesel propulsion, horsepower 1,230 nhp/7,600 bhp, speed 16 (cruising)-18.5 (maximum) knots, 1 screw, fuel oil bunker capacity included deep tanks 2,793 tons and range 38,000 nautical miles/16 knots.

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