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Sister ships Bangkok Maru and Saigon Maru. Call sign JSIL. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Kobe, Japan on 11 November 1936, launched on 30 March 1937, completed on 20 September 1937, requisition by the navy and registered as auxiliary cruiser on 15 August 1941, converted at Hiroshima into an armed merchant cruiser between 29 August-12 October 1941, torpedoed and sunk south east of Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands by American submarine USS Pollack (SS-180) on 20 May 1943 and stricken on 15 July 1943. Gross tonnage 5,351 tons, netto tonnage 3,959 tons, deadweight 6,645 tons and as dimensions 376.3 x 55.8 x 32.8 x 10 (light)-23 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, single screw, horsepower 488 nhp, oil bunker capacity 736 tons and speed 15 (normal cruising)-18 (maximum) knots.
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