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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 JKQL. Owner in 1939 Toyo Kisen K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Yokohama, Japan on 5 November 1936, launched on 10 April 1937, completed on 16 August 1937, chartered by the army as troop transport, released in end 1938, requisitioned by the army as Allotted Army No. 266 on 4 November 1941, converted into an anti aircraft vessel, after her departure of Singapore as part of a convoy attacked in the Malacca Strait by the Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O-23, torpedoed and set on fire, abandoned, later was her wreck towed to Singapore and broken up. Gross tonnage 6,442 tons, net tonnage 4,836 tons and as dimensions 439.4 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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