Laid down on 11 April 1922 at the shipyard of Yokosuka, Japan, launched on 30 January a year later and completed on 30 October 1924. She was officially rated as a transport. With a displacement of 14.050 tons and a gross tonnage of 8.000 tons were her dimensions 455 (between perpendiculars)-470 2.3 (over all) x 58 x 26 feet. The reciprocating engines and six boilers supplied 5.850 ihp allowing a speed of 12 knots. She could carry with her 9.000 tons of oil of which 1.000 tons for her own consumption. The crew numbered between the 155-157 men. The armament consisted of 2-5.5” guns and 2-3” anti aircraft guns. According to the website
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134397 was her tonnage 6,500 and was she sunk during an American air attack on 24 January 1944 off Rabaul, New Guinea. Later salvaged and brought towards Japan where she was broken up. The website
http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yusosen.htm reports that she was damaged several times by aircraft attacks but not earlier as 13 March abandoned when sh was considered to be a constructive loss and on 30 April was she officially stricken from the Navy Lost. On 16 September a year later started the savage by the Australian HMAS Cambrian Salvor and on 13 October was her hull raised and as the tanker 5301 was she towed to Simpson Harbour. The intention of the Royal Australian Navy was to repair her and commission as a replenishment tanker. An investigation 13 days later pointed out that the under water hull was heavily damaged and she was beached at Keravia Bay. Twelve years later started the Japanese Okadigumi Salvage Company supported by Nayo Boeki Kasha to salvage the wreck. They succeeded and in 1958 was she sold to be broken to scrap dealers of Hong Kong. She arrived at Singapore but at that time it was no longer economic profitable to sell or by scrap and so she was abandoned. Her final fate is not quite clear but she must have been broken up some time later.
