Call sign JAWA. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ld., Kobe, Japan on 7 January 1921, launched on 21 June 1921, requisitioned by the army and became troop transport IJA No. 968 on 25 October 1941 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Lapon (SS-260) on 23 May 1944. Gross tonnage 6,586 tons, under deck 6,157 tons, net tonnage 4,038 tons and as dimensions 405.0 x 53.0 x 37.0 x 9 (light)-28 (loaded) feet.
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