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Similar Ikusima Maru and Kasuga Maru. Call sign JGOL. Laid downby Osaka Iron Works Ld., Innoshima, Japan in April 1936, launched on 1 September 1936, completed on 10 October 1936, requisitioned by the Japanese navy on 10 November 1941, converted into an auxuliary transport between 12 November-14 December 1941, renamed Kasuga Maru No. 2 on 10 December 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O 21 off Port Blair, Andaman Islands, on 13 March 1943 and stricken on 20 April 1943. Owner in 1939 Naigai Kisen K.K. Homeport Kobe. Gross tonnage 3,968 tons, netto tonnage 2,332 ons, deadweight 5,524 tons and as dimensions 351.0 x 50.0 x 26.6 x 8 (light)-22 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, single screw, horsepower 433 nhp, coal bunker capacity 780 tons, range 7,900 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots.
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