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Call sign JWEL. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukyogo K.K., Nagasaki, Japan on 3 May 1937, launched on 23 October 1937, completed on 10 March 1938, requisitioned by the army Alloted Army No. 675 on 30 August 1938, returned to shipping company on 26 December 1938, requisitioned by the navy a general purposes ship on 23 August 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Tinosa (SS-283) underway from Balikpapan via Palau to Truk on 3 December 1943 and stricken on 5 February 1944. Gross tonnage 6,646 tons, under deck 5,654 tons, netto tonnage 3,670 tons, deadweight 9,166 tons and as dimensions 461.6 x 62.3 x 31.5 x 13 (light)-27.5 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, single screw, horsepower 2,248 nhp, oil bunker capacity 1,466 tons and speed 16 (normal cruising)-19.5 (maximum) knots.
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