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MINSEI MARU - Class Auxiliary small minelayer


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This class consists of MINSEI MARU only, built as a 378-tons cargo ship for Toko Shoji K.K. Completed in Mar ’41, she was requisitioned by the IJN in Sep ’41 and converted the following month to an auxiliary small minelayer. She was bombed and sunk by USN aircraft at Truk in Apr ‘44.

Builder and Year Completed: Osaka. Nakata Zosensho K.K.
1941
Gross tonnage: 378-tons
Dimensions: 135.8’(lpp) x 24' x 11.8'
Propulsion: One diesel engine, one shaft, 350 shp.
Speed: Unknown
Armament: (Standard equipment): One 8cm/25cal ‘short’ deck gun and 50 mines.