Call sign JDZC. Laid down by Built by Yokohama Dock Co. Ld., Yokohama, Japan on 12 December 1928, launched on 25 August 1929, completed on 30 November 1929, requisitioned by the army as troop transport AA No. 789 on 28 February 1941, released by the army but immediately requisitioned by the navy as an Ippan Choyosen with a civilian crew on 5 August 1941, released and returned to owners on 9 October 1941, requisitioned by the army in November 1941 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) off Indochina in the South China Sea on 28 November 1943. Gross tonnage 5,425 tons, under deck 4,955 tons, net tonnage 3,223 tons and as dimensions 380.0 x54.5 x 34.2 9 (light)-24 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, 489 nhp, 846 tons bunker oil capacity, range 22,000 nautical miles/13.5 knots. Speed 13.5 (normal cruising)-6 (maximum) knots.
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