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Similar Tatuharu Maru, Tatuho Maru, Tatuyma Maru and Tatuwa Maru. Call sign JCTM. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Kobe, Japan on 2 August 1937, launched on 19 January 1938, completed on 30 April 1938, requisitioned by the navy on 17 April 1941, converted into an auxiliary transport between 10 May-4 October 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Haddock (SS-231) near Formosa on 22 August 1942 and stricken on 15 September 1942. Gross tonnage 6,335 tons, netto tonnage 3,792 tons and as dimensions 410.9 x 56.1 x 30.7 x 10 (light)-25.6 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, horsepower 750 nhp/4,500 bhp, coal bunker capacity 800 tons, range 5,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14 (normal cruising)-17 (maximum) knots.
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