Japanese mother ship for fishing vessels Akita Maru at Belawan, Dutch East Indies on 1 August 1946

In 1946 ordered the Dutch supreme commanding officer in the Far East by order no. 62 to investigate the harbours including shipyards in the Dutch East Indies and Netherlands New Guinea. In those so-called Sitraps (Situation reports) was information collected dealing with the available facilities, personnel and vessels/boats. Steel-built of around 160 ton. The hull was neglected but the Japanese Airless diesel engine was in good condition.

Source
Archive Dutch Marinestaf (1942) 1945-1948 inventory number 191, National Archive, The Hague.