Kahoku Maru 1941
Shinko Maru 1942
more than 1000 BRT
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT |
Dimensions, m |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
高榮丸 [Koei Maru] | 3.9.1933 // 8.1941 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 6774 | 133.0x17.8x10.0 | 1diesel, 2800 | captured 8.1945 | ||
最上川丸 [Mogamigawa Maru] | 16.3.1934 // 12.1941 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 7496 | 133.0x17.8x10.0 | 1diesel, 2800 | transport 2.1942 | ||
日祐丸 [Nichiyu Maru] | 24.8.1938 // 12.1940 | Kawaminami | 6871 | 137.6x17.7x10.0 | 1VTE, 3600 | transport 7.1942 | ||
進宏丸 [Shinko Maru] | 5.3.1935 // 12.1940 | Yokohama Dock | 6479 | 133.9x17.7x9.7 | 1diesel, 3700 | sunk 18.10.1944 | ||
辰春丸 [Tatsuharu Maru] | 18.1.1939 // 9.1941 | Mitsubishi, Kobe | 6345 | 125.2x17.0x9.3 | 1turbine, 4200 | returned 8.1942 | ||
辰宮丸 [Tatsumiya Maru] | 14.9.1938 // 9.1941 | Mitsubishi, Kobe | 6343 | 125.2x17.0x9.3 | 1turbine, 4200 | returned 8.1942 | ||
天洋丸 [Tenyo Maru] | 22.1.1935 // 9.1941 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 6843 | 133.0x17.8x10.0 | 1diesel, 2800 | sunk 11.3.1942 |
100 - 1000 BRT
Kinjo Maru (1935, 330, 1941 - 1942), Koryu Maru (1944, 873, 7.1945 - 28.7.1945), Takachiho Maru (1937, 343, 1941 - 8.1945), Fumi Maru 2-go (1939, 304, 1942 - 21.9.1944), Seki Maru 3-go (1939, 304, 1942 - 8.1945) |
Project history: Commercial vessels, converted to minelayers.
Modernizations: None.
Fate Notes: Tenyo Maru was sunk 11.3.1942 off Lae (New Guinea) by US carrier aircraft. Shinko Maru was sunk 18.10.1944 by US carrier aircraft off Aparri (Luzon).
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