Kumano Maru 1945
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 熊野丸 [Kumano Maru] | Hitachi, Sakurajima | 15.8.1944 | 28.1.1945 | 30.3.1945 | surrendered 15.8.1945, sold 1946 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
8000 |
|
Displacement full, t |
10500 |
|
Length, m |
142.0 pp 152.7 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
19.6 wl 23.0 fd |
|
Draught, m |
7.00 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets geared steam turbines, 4 boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
10000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
6000(17) |
| Armament |
8 x 1 - 75/44 88-shiki, 6 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, up to 37 aircraft (Ki.76 ASW planes, Ka.1 ASW gyroplanes) |
| Military load | up to 12 17-m Toku Daihatsu and 13 14-m Daihatsu landing craft |
| Complement |
Aircraft facilities (fd - 2,365m², ha ? m² / ? m³): Flight deck: 110.0x21.5m. There was hangar. There was 1 lift. Aircraft fuel stowage: ?.
Project history: Army landing ship with a flight deck, under the concept repeating Akitsu Maru, but differing by advanced construction. Her design has been developed in 1942 on base of standard cargo vessel of M type (9502BRT). Unlike Akitsu Maru, new landing carrier had flush-deck outline profile and usual hangar, in which Daihatsu type landing crafts (13 crafts) and Army military vehicles also could take places. For discharging of last in an aft part of the ship there was wide gateway and a special ramp.
Flight deck intended only for take-off of aircrafts. Aircrafts were lifted from a hangar by one aft elevator or crane.
Modernizations: None.
Naval
service: Kumano
Maru did not participate in operations and converted to merchant vessel after
war.
Kumano Maru
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