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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

AIRCRAFT CARRYING SHIPS

seaplane tenders converted from merchant vessels

Kimikawa Maru 1941

Kimikawa Maru 1942

Sagara Maru 1942

Sanyo Maru 1942

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Engine, Power hp Armament Fate
迦具丸 [Kagu Maru] 18.4.1936 // 8.1937 Harima Zosen 6807 138.2x18.6x9.5 17 1 diesel, 6000 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes returned 12.1938
神川丸 [Kamikawa Maru] 13.12.1936 // 9.1937 Kawasaki, Kobe 6853 146.0x19.0x9.0 17 1 diesel, 7600 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes returned 12.1938, commissioned again 11.1939, sunk 28.5.1943
君川丸 [Kimikawa Maru] 11.3.1937 // 7.1941 Kawasaki, Kobe 6863 146.0x19.0x9.0 16 1 diesel, 7600 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 õ 1 - 76/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes transport 10.1943
衣笠丸 [Kinugasa Maru] 26.12.1935 // 9.1937 Kawasaki, Kobe 6808 139.0x18.6x9.0 17 1 diesel, 7600 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes returned 4.1938
聖川丸 [Kiyokawa Maru] 16.2.1937 // 10.1941 Kawasaki, Kobe 6863 146.0x19.0x9.0 16 1 diesel, 7600 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 õ 1 - 76/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes transport 12.1942
国川丸 [Kunikawa Maru] 12.6.1937 // 7.1942 Kawasaki, Kobe 6863 146.0x19.0x9.0 17 1 diesel, 7600 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes transport 10.1943
能代丸 [Noshiro Maru] 28.6.1934/.7.1941 Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 7184 136.7x19.0x8.43 18.5 1 diesel, 6700 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes returned 8.1941, later AMC
相良丸 [Sagara Maru] 23.3.1940 // 9.1941 Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 7189 146.0x19.0x9.7 19 2 diesels, 16000 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 40/62, 8 seaplanes transport 12.1942
讃岐丸 [Sanuki Maru] 8.2.1939 // 9.1941 Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 7189 146.0x19.0x9.7 19 2 diesels, 16000 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 40/62, 8 seaplanes transport 12.1942
山陽丸 [San`yo Maru] 15.10.1930 // 8.1941 Mitsubishi, Nagoya 8360 136.0x18.0x12.0 18 diesels 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 8 seaplanes transport 10.1943

Aircraft facilities: There were 2 catapults

Project history: Seaplane tenders, converted from merchant vessels.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Kamikawa Maru 28.5.1943 was sunk N off New Ireland by US submarine Scamp.

Kimikawa Maru

Sagara Maru

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