Call sign JEZG. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukyogo K.K., Nagasaki, Japan on 25 January 1937, launched on 9 June 1937, completed on 30 August 1937, requisitioned by the navy as transport on 16 April 1941, registered as auxiliary transport on 15 October 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Srago on 11 November 1943 and stricken on 5 January 1944. Gross tonnage 3,351 tons, net tonnage 2,089 tons and as dimensions 341.2 x 48.2 x 27.9 x 8 (light)-22 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, 294 nhp, coal bunker capacity 385 tons, range 5,000 nautical miles/12 knots and speed 12 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots.
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