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Type A landing craft carrier of the army. With a small flight deck. Originally a mechant passenger ship taken over by the army. Laid down by Harima, Harima, Japan on 10 March 1942, converted into an assault landing ship allotted N. 983, launched on 28 November 1942, completed on 30 March 1943, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Hake SS-256 off Okino-Daito Island on 12 January 1944 and stricken end 1944. Fitted out for transporting Daihatsu-landing craft including a well.
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