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Similar Ikusima Maru and Kasuga Maru. Call sign JGQL. Laid down by Osaka Iron Works Ld., Sukurajima, Japan 5 June in 1936, launched on 14 November 1936, completed on 20 December 1936, requisitioned by the army as Army transport No. 52 in 1937, returned to owners in 1939, requistioned by the navy on 21 November 1940, converted into an auxiliary minesweeper between 28 November-30 December 1940, to be reclassified as an auxiliart transport since 20 Ausgust 1942, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Stringray (SS-186) around 350 miles north north west of Saipan on 30 March 1944 and stricken on 10 May 1944. Owner in 1939 Hamane Shoten K.K. Homeport Kobe. Gross tonnage 3,944 tons, netto tonnage 2,365 tons, deadweight 5,524 tons and as dimensions 365.5 x 50.0 x 26.6 x 8 (light)-22 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, single screw, horsepower 433 nhp, coal bunker capacity 780 tons, range 7,900 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots.
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