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Call sign JTLB. Owner in 1939 Osaka Syosen K.K. Homeport Osaka, Japan. Laid down by Kingston Yard, Russell&Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 633 for Pinilos, Izquierdo y Cia., Cadiz, Spain end 1911, launched on 29 June 1912, completed in September 1912, chartered by army as troop transport in Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, requisitioned by the army as allotted Army No. 160 on 3 December 1941, by Japan announced that she was a hospital ship on 29 October 1941 and torpedoed and sunk by American submarine USS Redfish around 5 miles north east of Cape Bojeador, Luzon, Philippines on 21 September 1944. Gross tonnage 8,506 tons, under deck 7,277 tons, net tonnage 5,195 tons, deadweight 6,600 tons and as dimensions 459.5 c 58.2 x 36.8 x 26 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, 2 screws, horsepower 1,134 nhp, coal fuelled, bunker capacity 1,561 tons and speed 14.5 (normal cruising)-17 (maximum) knots.
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