Kamikawa Maru as seaplane tender. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Kamikawa Maru original appareance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of the Kamikawa Maru-class consisting of the Kamikaze Maru, Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru, Kunikawa Maru and Hirokawa Maru. Call sign JTLK. Owner in 1939 Kawasaki Line. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan on 2 November 1936, launched on 11 March 1937, completed on 15 July 1937, acquired by the navy on 6 July 1941, classified as an auxilary seaplane tender on 25 Jely 1941, classified as auxilary transport on 1 October 1943, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Sawfish west north west of Cape Bojeador, Australia on 23 October 1944 and stricken on 23 October 1944. Gross tonnage 6,863 tons, net tonnage 3,983 tons and as dimensions 479.5 x 62.x 20.3 x 12 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion. Range 35,000 nautical miles/16 knots. Oil fuel bunker capacity 2,800 tons. Single screw. Horsepower 1,850 nhp/7,500 bhp. Rpm 101/16 knots and 119 rpm/19 knots. Speed 16 (normal cruising)-21 (maximum) knots. Strengthened for 5” or 6” guns armament.
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