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Similar Akiura Maru, Huzikawa Maru, Kazuura Maru, Kinugawa Maru, Kumagawa Maru, Mogamigawa Maru, Sinanogawa Maru and Tenyo Maru. Call sign JURM. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukoygo K.K., Nagasaki, Japan with yard number 722 on 31 March 1938, launched on 24 August 1938, completed on 30 November 1938, requisiitoned by the army in 1941, converted into an armed transport, beached near Bobegi, Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942. Gross tonnage 6,937 tons, netto tonnage 4,978 tons and as dimensions 437.4 x 58.5 x 32.8 x 9 (light)-26 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, single screw, horsepower 840 nhp, oil bunker capacity 2,400 tons, range 50,000 nautical miles/13.5 knots and speed 13.5 (normal cruising)-16 (maximum) knots.
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