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Call sign JPLK. Homeport Osaka, Japan. Sister ships Canberra Maru and Tokyo Maru. Laid down by Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ld., Tama, Japan in end 1935, launched in 1936, completed on 30 May 1936, requisitioned by the army as the A-AK type cargo ship IJA No. 682 and sunk in an American air attack off Guadalcanal on 14 November 1942. Gross tonnage 6,477 tons, under deck 5,837 tons, netto tonnage 3,858 tons and as dimensions 424.7 x 57.4 x 361. x 12 (light)-25.6 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, single screw, horsepower 1,231 nhp, oil bunker capacity 962 tons and speed 16.5 (normal cruising)-19 (maximum) knots.
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