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Sister ships Bangkok Maru and Saigon Maru. Call sign JSKL. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Kobe, Japan on 9 December 1936, launched on 28 April 1937m completed on 30 September 1937, requistioned by the navy, converted into an armed merchant cruiser at Aioi between 23 September-14 October 1941, torpedoed an sunk by American submarine USS Flasher (SS-249) off Manila Bay, Philippines on 18 September 1944 and stricken on 10 November 1944. Gross tonnage 5,350 tons, netto tonnage 3,956 tons, deadweight 6,645 tons and as dimensions 376.3 x 55.8 x 32.8 x 10 (light)-23 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, single screw, horsepower 488 nhp, oil bunker capacity 736 tons and speed 15 (normal cruising)-18 (maximum) knots.
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