Kamikawa Maru original appareance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of the Kamikawa Maru-class consisting of the Kamikaze Maru, Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru, Kunikawa Maru and Hirokawa Maru. Owner in 1939 Kawasaki Line. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan on 6 April 1939, launched on 10 May 1940, completed on 12 October 1940, acquired by the army on 8 February 1941, classified as nucleus anti-aricraft vessel, damaged by US aircraft and artillery was she sunk by the American destroyer USS Meady at Tassafaronga Point, Guadalcanal, Solomon Island on 15 October 1942. Dimensions around 479.5 x 62.x 20.3 x 12 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion. Range 35,000 nautical miles/16 knots. Oil fuel bunker capacity 2,800 tons. Single screw. Horsepower 1,850 nhp/7,500 bhp. Rpm 101/16 knots and 119 rpm/19 knots. Speed 16 (normal cruising)-21 (maximum) knots. Strengthened for 5” or 6” guns armament.
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