An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated June 1938 reporting that the Japanese sea plane tender Mizuho was launched on 16 May 1938. With a displacement of 9.000 tons and as dimensions 176 x 18,1 x 5,8 metres, a speed of 17 knots and an armament of 6-12,7cm anti aircraft guns.91)
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1. Similar to the Chitose design. Laid down by Kawasaki Shipbuilding Company, Kobe, Japan on 1 May 1937, launched on 16 May 1938m commissioned don 25 February 1939 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Drum 40 nautical miles north of Omaezaki, Japan on 2 May 1942. Standard displacement of 10.930 tons and as dimensions 183,6 (waterline) x 18,8 metres or 602.4 x 61.8 feet.
