Call sign JAKB. Sometimes referred to as Hukko Maru. Built by Kobe Steel Works, Harima, Japan with yard number 93 in December 1924 and torpedoed by the American submarine USS Sandlance (SS-381) while serving as an army transport on position 14.55 north and 142.30 east on 17 May and sunk on 18 May1944. Gross tonnage 3,834 tons, under deck 3,385 tons, net tonnage 2,290 ond, deadweigt 6,042 tons and as dimensions 350.7 x 50.0 x 3.70 x 7.2 (light)-22.5 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, 2 screws, oil fuel bunker capacity 1,554 tons, range 54,500 miles/9.5 knots and speed 9.5 (normal cruising)-11 (maximum (knots).
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