Kamoi 1933
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 神威 [Kamoi] | 267 | New York SB, Camden, USA // Uraga, Tokyo | 14.9.1921 | 8.6.1922 | 6.1922 // 6.1933 | tanker 1943 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
17000 |
|
Displacement full, t |
19240 on trials |
|
Length, m |
148.9 pp 151.2 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
20.4 |
|
Draught, m |
8.43 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 electric motors, 2 Curtiss turbine-generators, 2 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
9000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 2500 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament |
2 x 1 - 140/50 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 76/40 3-shiki, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76, 12 seaplanes (E1Y, E2N, E3A, E4N, E5Y) |
| Complement |
Aircraft facilities: Aircraft based on deck.
Project history: Former tanker. At conversion experience with Notoro was used. Differing from the latter seaplanes have been better protected from bad weather at the expense of light hinged platforms over upper deck. Seaplanes flied off from water and landed also there and lifted to a deck by cargo booms.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Re-rated as flying boat tender in 1940.
Kamoi
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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