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Call sign JZBB. Owner in 1939 Japanese Government Railways, Tokyo, Japan. Built by Kobe Steel Works Ld., Harima, Japan in 1927 and sunk in an American air attack off the coast of Aomori Prefecture on 10 August 1945. Was active in the Chikahu sea lane between Wakkanai, Hokkaido-Japanese occupied Sakhalin (Karafuto Prefecture). Gross tonnage 3,391 tons, under deck 2,654 tons, net tonnage 1,617 tons, deadweight 2,100 tons, displacement 5,234 tons and as dimensions 310 (between perpendiculars)-327 (over all) x 45.0 x 30.0 x 21 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, 2 screws, horsepower 6,395 ihp, coal fuelled and speed 12 (normal cruising)-16 (maximum) knots. Nine watertight bulkheads. Most powerfull icebreaker in the Far East in the Interbellum and Second World War. Able to break through 10 feet thick ice.
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