similar to the Horai Maru
Call sign JHTA. Built by Osaka Iron Works Ld., Osaka, Japan in April 1918 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Sailfish (SS-192) south of Kyushu, Japan underway as army cargo ship from Saiki to Palau. Gross tonnage 3,194 tons, under deck 2,757 tons, net tonnage 1,997 tons and as dimensions 20.50 x 43.7 x 27.2 x 7 (light)-23.4 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, 287 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,215 ons, range 13,000 nautical miles/9 knots and speed 9 (normal cruising)-11.5 (maximum) knots.
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