Call sign JUUI. Ex-Shinshu Maru renamed 1938. Built by Mitsubishi Zosen Kaisha Ld., Kobe, Japan in 1933. Gross tonnage 4,189 tons, net tonnage 2,489 tons and as dimensions 360.00 x 50.0 x 29.0 x 9 (light)-24 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, 246-370 nhp horsepower, oil bunker capacity 480 tons, range 16,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14 (normal cruising)-7 (maximum) knots. Requisitioned by the Japanese Imperial Army on 20 November 1941, became the transport IJA No. 464, converted into an emergency tanker between 17 December 1942-8 January 1943 and handed over to the Japanese Imperial Navy and sunk on 13 October 1944 by the American submarine USS Bergall (SS-320) off Camranh Bay, Indochina.
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