Call sign JFWC. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan on 3 March 1902, launched on 25 September 1930, commissioned on 15 January 1931, requisitioned by the army as transport No. 488 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Tautog in the Kurilen Islands on 2 May 1944. Gross tonnage 5,974 tons, under deck 5,308 tons, net tonnage 3,650 tons and as dimensions 415.0 x 56.0 x 31. 8 x 9 (light)-25 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, 1,350 tons oil bunker capacity, range 25,000 nautical miles/12 knots and speed 12 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots.
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