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Call sign DHUL when Germany-flagged. Laid down by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany for the Hamburg-Amerika Packett Aktien Gesellschaft with yard number 460 in 1923, launched on 20 October 1923, delivered on 2 February 1924, sold to the Japanese Imperial Steamship Co. in 1940, requsitioned by the army in 1941, served as troop transport and sunk in an American-Australian air attack in the so-called Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 3 March 1943. Gross tonnage 6,725 tons, under deck 5,572 tons, net tonnage 3,974 tons , deadweight 9,500 tons and as dimensions 449.1 x 58.3 x 26.8 x 26 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion. Single screw. Coal bunker capacity 1,080 tons. Speed 12 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots.
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