(KASUGA MARU, prewar)
This class consists of KASUGA (renamed KASUGA MARU No. 2 GO),
IKUSHIMA and SHINKOKU MARUs completed between ‘36 and ’40 for various
shipping companies. All were requisitioned in ’41 or ’42 by the IJN and
converted to auxiliary transports (IKUSHIMA MARU was first converted to a
minesweeper tender). All were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines in
Feb and Mar ’43 and Mar ‘44.
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| Builder and Years Completed: |
Sakurajima or Innoshima. Osaka Ironworks
K.K. shipyard
Oct ’36 to 0ct ’40.
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| Gross tonnage: |
3,943-tons to 3,991-tons |
| Dimensions: |
389.1’ (loa) x 49.9' x 29.9' |
| Propulsion: |
Ikushima and Shinkoku Marus:1 steam
turbine engine, 1 shaft, 2,600 b.h.p.
Kasuga Maru: 1 compound
engine, 1 shaft, 1,700 b.h.p. |
| Speed: |
10,0 cruising, 14.0 max. |
| Armament: |
Ikushima Maru: 2 12-cm/12 short deck guns.
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