This class consists of MINOO, SENDAI, HIMEJI, SHINKYO and MOMOYAMA MARUs, all completed in 1933 for Kyodo Gyogyo K.K. HIMEJI MARU was sold in 1936 to an Argentinian Company and renamed PRESIDENTE MITRE. She was ultimately broken up in 1970. SHINKYO and MOMOYAMA MARUs respectively foundered in Aug ’29 and Aug ’33. SENDAI and MINOO MARUs were requisitioned by the IJN and converted to auxiliary stores ships. Both were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines respectively in Nov ‘42 and Jan ‘44.
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