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Call sign JPKJ. Built by Kahodate Dock Co. Ltd., Hakodate, Japan in 1937 and torpedoed and sunk by the American Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine USS Pickerel SS 177 on position 06-12 North and 125-55 East on 15 February 1943. Gross tonnage 1,991 tons, under deck 1,605 tons, netto tonnage 1,147 tons, deadweight 2,746 tons and as dimensions 272.3 x 40.0 x 21.0 x 7’6” (light)-19 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating and LP turbine propulsion, single screw, horsepower 240nhp, coal bunker capacity 240 tons, range 4,000 nautical miles/12 knots and speed 12 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots.
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