Call sign JELD. Built by Asano Shipbuilding Co., Tsurumi, Japan with yard number 21 on 29 October 1919, launched on 7 April 1920, completed on 26 April 1920, requistitioned by the army as troop transport annex cargo ship No. 584 on 12 September 1941 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Sturgeon (SS-187) 20 miles east of Saeki, Kyushu on 11 January 1944. Gross tonnage 5,493 tons, under deck 4,996 tons, net tonnage 3,409 tons and as dimensions 400.000 x 523. x 29,4 x 8 (light)-25.6 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, speed 10 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots, 513 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,726 tons, range 12,000 nautical miles/10 knots, single crew.
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