Call sign JDWA. Laid down by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Howdon/Newcastle, England with yard number 186 in end 1910, launched on 25 August 1911, completed in October 1911, sold towards Japan in 1922, chartered by the army during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937-1938, converted into a crab factory ship in 1938, requisitioned by the navy as am Ippan Choyosen 20 August 1939-21 May 1941, requisitioned by the army a stroop transport AA No. 578 end 1941 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Plunger (SS-179) in the Sea of Japan on 22 August 1943. Gross tonnage 4,655 tons, under deck 4,044 tons, net tonnage 2,918 tons, deadweight 7,400 tons and as dimensions 380.0 x 49.0 x 26.4 x 7 (light)-23.6 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, speed 10 (normal cruising)-12.5 (maximum) knots, single screw, 373 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,400 tons and range 11,000 nautical miles/10 knots.
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