Call sign JPIJ. Gross tonnage 1.986 tons, under deck 1.605 tons, net tonnage 1.169 tons and as dimensions 272.3 x 40.0 x 20.9 feet. Built by Hakodate Dock Co. Ltd., Hakodate. Japan in 1936. Owned by Shimatani Kisen K.K., Kobe, Japan. Used an an auxiliary army transport when sunk by the British submarine HMS Stoic (P-231) 5,5 miles east of Cape Christina and west of the Sunda Strait on 16 December 1944. With a coal bunker capacity of 360 tons and a speed of 10 knots was the range 3.800 nautical miles. Speed 10 (cruising)-12 (maximum) knots.
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