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Similar Kamogawa Maru (1938), Keiyo Maru (1937), Sinko Maru (1935), Tamagawa Maru (1938), Yamagiri Maru (1938), Yamazuki Maru (1937), Yodogawa Maru (1938) and Zenyo Maru (1937). Call sign JDOMOwner in 1939 Toyo Kaiun K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Mitsubishi Dockyard&Engineering Works, Nagasaki, Japan on 26 August 1937, launched on 16 February 1938, completed on 15 April 1938, requisitioned by the navy on 5 September 1941, converted into an armed auxiliary aircraft transport between 5 September-15 October 1941, torpedoed and sunk by American submarine USS Sailfish (SS-192) north of Lombok Strait, off Sumbawa Island, Dutch East Indies on 2 March 1942 and stricken on 15 March 1942. Gross tonnage 6,641 tons, under deck 5,757 tons, net tonnage 4,832 tons and as dimensions 549.4 x 58.3 x 32.0 x 9.6 (light)-26 (loaded) feet. Horsepower 1,165nhp/4,700 bhp, one screw, 110rpm=14 knots, 1333rpm=17 knots, fuel oil bunker capacity including deep tanks 2,700 tons, range 47,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14/15(normal cruising)-17-19 (maximum) knots.
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