Call sign JWWJ. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Nagasaki, Japan on 4 February 1935, launched on 15 September 1935, completed on 20 November 1935, chartered by the Imperial Japanese Navy as oil supply transport on 23 December 1941, sunk by the American submarine Seahorse (SS-304) in the East China Sea off Uki Jima on 27 November 1943 and stricken on 5 January 1944. Owner Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisya Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. Gross tonnage 7,309 tons and as dimensions 429.8-431.5 x 57.4 x 35.8 x 9 (light)-28.6 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, 1 screw, fuel oil bunker capacity 950 ton, speed 13.5 (cruising)-18 (maximum) knots.
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