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Call sign JCMC. Ordered in 1917, launched by the shipyard N.V.en Rijkeee&Co., Rotterdam, Netherlands and machinery from Werkspoor, Amsterdam, Netherlands for A/S Dampskibet, Bergen, Norway on 28 October 1921, completed in April 1922, sold to Japan in 1927. Owner in 1939 Shimomura Kisen K.K and managers Taryo Kaiun K.K. Homeport Hutyu, Japan. Gross tonnage 5,155 tons, under deck 4,885 tons, net tonnage 3,642, deadweight 7,500 tons and as dimensions 375.0 x 51.2 x 34.1 x 8.7 (light)-25.11 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, oil bunker capacity 1,011 tons, range 31,000 nautical miles/9 knots, horsepower 563 nhp and speed 9 (normal cruising)-11 (maximum) knots. Torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Pogy (SS-266) northeast of Formosa/Taiwan om 20 February 1944.
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