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Similar Kaisyo Maru (1937), Kunisima Maru (1937), Mitakesan Maru (1937), Sinyo Maru (1938), Toyo Maru (1937) and Toyo Maru No. 2 1937). Call sign JHRL. Owner in 1939 Sinyo Kisen K.K., Kobe, Japan. Laid down by Harima Shipbuilding&Engineering Co. Ltd., Harima, Japan on 6 July 1937, launched on 17 January 1938, completed on 25 March 1938, requisitioned by the navy as auxiliary transport on 26 July 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Seadragon (SS-194) around 15 nautical miles north east of Cape Varella, French Indochina and stricken on 10 August 1942. Gross tonnage 4,163 tons, net tonnage 2,412 tons and as dimensions 363.6 x 50.0 x 20.0 x 9.5/11 (light)-24 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, 1 screw, coal fuelled, coal bunker capacity 880 tons, range 8,700 nautical miles/13 knots and speed 13 (normal cruising)-16.5 (maximum) knots.
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