Laid down by Hakodate Dock Company, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan for account of Simatani Kisen Kabishiki Kaisha, Kobe, Japan in May 1938, launched in January 1939, requisitioned by the Japanese Imperial Navy on 3 October 1941, registered as auxiliary transport om 10 November 1941 and sunk in an American air attack on 21 February 1944 added to a convoy off New Hanover Island, Bismarck Archipelago, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. With a cruiser stern. Gross register tonnage 3.871 tons, net tonnage 2.288 tons and as dimensions 103,8 x 14,7 x 8 metres or 340.4 x 48.2 x 26.2 feet. Coal fuelled reciprocating steam machinery with exhaust turbine supplying via one show 232 nhp. With a speed of 12 knots and 566 tons coal bunker capacity a range of 5.800 nautical miles.
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