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Call sign JAMA. Owner in 1939 Nippon Yusen Kisen Kaisha. Launched by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki, Japan on 26 February 1921 and torpedoed and sunk as troop transport in the Luzon Strait as part of convoy HI-72 underway from Singapore to Formosa by American submarine USS Sealion on 12 September 1944. Gross tonnage 9,419 tons, under deck 8,544 tons, net tonnage 5,678 tons, deadweight 12,600 tons and as dimensions 460 (between perpnediculars)-477 (over all) x 60 x 12 (light)-31 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, horsepower 1,153 nhp, 2 screws, coal and oil bunker capacity 950 ton coal/1,500 ton oil, range around 12,000 nautical miles/11.5 knots and speed 11.5 (normal cruising)-15 (trial, maximum) knots.
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