Call sign JIKB. Built by Yokohama Dock Co. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan 1918, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Plunger as the Army transport No. 709 off Shanghai, China on 2 July 1942. Deadweight 4,675 tons, gross tonnage 2,978 tons, net tonnage 1,815 tons and as dimensions 310.0 x 43.0 x 26.0 x 8 (light)-22 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, 241 nhp, coal bunker capacity 843 ton, range 11,700 nautical miles/9.5 knots and speed 9.5 (normal cruising)-10.5 (maximum) knots.
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