Call sign JWTL. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Nagasaki, Japan on 4 February 1937, launched on 4 September 1937, completed on 20 November 1937, chartered on 1 September and requisitioned on 11 September 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Navy, converted between 20 September-28 October 1941 into a naval auxiliary at Naniwa Dockyard, Osaka, Japan, sunk by the American submarine USS Seal (SS-183) 50 miles south east of Palau on 4 May 1943 and stricken on 15 July 1943. Owner Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisya Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. Gross tonnage 7,335 tons and as dimensions 431.8 x 57.4 x 35.7 x 9 (light)-28.6 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, 1 screw, fuel oil bunker capacity 950 ton, speed 13.5 (cruising)-18 (maximum) knots. Carrying petroleum in bulk.
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