Kamikawa Maru class


Years Completed:	KAMIKAWA MARU: 1937 KIMIKAWA MARU: 1937 KUNIKAWA MARU: 1937 HIROKAWA MARU: 1939 KIYOKAWA MARU: 1942
Displacement:	Nominal 6, 860-tons.
Dimensions:	Length 479', beam 62', draft 30' td>
Propulsion:	1 Kawasaki-M. A. N. diesel, 1 shaft, 7, 600 shp.
Armament:	2 x 120-mm (4.7-inch)/45 cal HA guns (KAMIKAWA only), 2 x 150-mm (5.9-inch), (plus 2 x 3-inch AA - KIMIKAWA and KIYOKAWA only), 2 x 25mm AA, 2 x 13mm mgs - HIROKAWA only -six IJA Type 88 75-mm AA and four IJA Type 98 20- mm AA machine cannons.
Conversion:	Aft well deck fitted with two 56' catapults, cranes fitted to recover aircraft.
Aircraft:	12 seaplanes: four Type 94 Kawanishi E7K2 “Alf” and eight Type 95 Nakajima E8N1 “Dave” reconnaissance floatplanes. (24 aircraft maximum as cargo).

Kamikawa Maru Class

(KAMIKAWA MARU by Ueda Kihachiro)
Revision 2

Begining in 1937, conversions of four merchant ships, requisitioned from their owners by the IJN and one merchant ship requisitioned by the IJA, were carried out at Kawasaki's Kobe shipyard. These were KAMIKAWA, KIMIKAWA, KIYOKAWA, KUNIKAWA and HIROKAWA MARUs. KAMIKAWA MARU remained a seaplane carrier until her loss in '43, while KIYOKAWA, KIMIKAWA and KUNIKAWA MARUs were rerated as transports in '43. HIROKAWA MARU was requisitioned by the IJA in '41 and converted to a Boku Kikansen (anti-aircraft) vessel. HIROKAWA MARU was sunk in Nov '42 by American aircraft, land-based artillery and a USN destroyer.

Years Completed: KAMIKAWA MARU: 1937
KIMIKAWA MARU: 1937
KUNIKAWA MARU: 1937
HIROKAWA MARU: 1939
KIYOKAWA MARU: 1942

Displacement: Nominal 6, 860-tons.

Dimensions: Length 479', beam 62', draft 30' td>
Propulsion: 1 Kawasaki-M. A. N. diesel, 1 shaft, 7, 600 shp.

Armament: 2 x 120-mm (4.7-inch)/45 cal HA guns (KAMIKAWA only), 2 x 150-mm (5.9-inch), (plus 2 x 3-inch AA - KIMIKAWA and KIYOKAWA only), 2 x 25mm AA, 2 x 13mm mgs - HIROKAWA only -six IJA Type 88 75-mm AA and four IJA Type 98 20- mm AA machine cannons.

Conversion: Aft well deck fitted with two 56' catapults, cranes fitted to recover aircraft.
Aircraft: 12 seaplanes: four Type 94 Kawanishi E7K2 “Alf” and eight Type 95 Nakajima E8N1 “Dave” reconnaissance floatplanes. (24 aircraft maximum as cargo).