Gross tonnage 6.781 ton, under deck 6.507 ton, net tonnage 5.015 and as dimensions 425.0 x 53.6 x 37.5 x 8.6 (light)-28.6 (loaded) feet. Speed 10 (normal cruising)-13 (maximum) knots. With a coal bunker capacity of 2.300 ton and a speed of 10 knots a range of 15.000 nautical miles. Reciprocating steam propulsion. Single screw. Built by Teikoku S.S. Co., Harima, Japan in January 1919. Of Osaka Syosen K.K., Osaka, Japan. Call sign JSQD. Sunk by the American submarine USS Skipjack (SS-184) around 450 miles south west of Truk on 14 October 1942. Used as an Imperial Japanese Army cargo ship.

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