Hokuryu Maru Class Transport

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Hokuryu Maru Class Transport

(FUKU MARU prewar, later HOKURYU MARU)

FUKU MARU, later HOKURYU MARU was the first of 14 vessels of this class built between 1917 and 1923. HOKURYU MARU was requisitioned by the Imperial Army (IJA) in 1941 as a troop transport. In Oct '44, she was sunk by a typhoon.

Builder: Osaka Iron Works Co., Ltd., Innoshima Plant (Hiroshima).

Year Completed: 1917
Displacement: 4,379-tons.

Dimensions: Lpp 345' x 49' x 28'2"
Propulsion: Coupled triple reciprocating steam engine, 225 NHP / 2, 500 IHP

Speed 10/12.3 knots
Armament: Unknown.


Builder:	Osaka Iron Works Co., Ltd., Innoshima Plant (Hiroshima).
Year Completed:	1917
Displacement:	4,379-tons.
Dimensions:	Lpp 345' x 49' x 28'2"
Propulsion:	Coupled triple reciprocating steam engine, 225 NHP / 2, 500 IHP
Speed	10/12.3 knots
Armament:	Unknown.