Similar Tokusima Maru-Kuwayama Maru-Siraha Maru-Tatuha Maru-Tottori Maru. Call sign JTQD. Laid down by Kingston Yard, Russell&Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 648 in end 1913, launched on 31 July 1913, completed in September 1913, requisitioned by the army as troop transport Allotted IJA No. 62 between 15 July 1937-26 March 1938 and again on 3 August 1940, torpedoed and sunk by American submarine USS Picuda in the Bashi Channel underway from Manila, Philippines to Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 16 September 1944.
Gross tonnage 5,976 tons, under deck 5,454 tons, netto tonnage 3,703 tonsand as dimensions 423.0 x 56.0 x 28.7 x 10 (light)-25 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 556 nhp/3,203 ihp, bunker capacity 2,300 tons, range 15,000 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots.
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