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Call sign JIOK. Homeport Tokyo. Owner in 1939 Kuribayashi Syosen K.K. Laid down by Mitshui Bussan Kaisha Ltd., Tama, Japan on 9 November 1935, launched on 9 June 1936, completed on 27 July 1937, requisitioned by the navy as transport on 4 August 1937, stricken and given back to owners on 10 March 1939, requisitioned by the navy on 12 November 1941, registered as auxiliary destroyer tender on 1 December 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Thresher (SS-200) 11 miles south west of Kiiyo, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands on 9 July 1942 and stricken on 31 July 1942. Gross tonnage 4,837 tons, net tonnage 2,871 tons, deadweight tons 6,718 tons and as dimensions 373.1 x 50.0 x29.0 x 8 (light)-24 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, one screw, horsepower322 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,040 tons, range 11,500 miles/12 knots and speed 12 (normal cruising)-15 (maximum) knots.
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