Nampo Maru Class IJA Transport

Nampo Maru Class Transport

(NAMPO MARU), prewar)

This class consists of NAMPO MARU only, completed in Aug 1940 for Awanokuni Kyodo Kisen K.K. as a 1,206-tons cargo ship. She was requisitioned in Dec 1940 by the IJN, converted the following month to an auxiliary gunboat and torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine in Jun 1942.

Builder and
Years Completed: Tama. Tama Zosensho K.K. shipyard.
1940

Gross tonnage: 1, 206 tons.

Dimensions: 223.4' (Lpp) x 33.5' x 18.3'
Propulsion: One triple expansion, exhaust turbine steam engine , 1 shaft, 150 n.h.p.

Speed: 12 to 13.7 knots.
Armament: Two 8cm/40cal deck guns, one Type 93 13mm MG, one searchlight, 2 DCs throwers, 12 Type 95 DCs, one hydrophone.


Builder and Years Completed:	Tama. Tama Zosensho K.K. shipyard. 1940
Gross tonnage:	1, 206 tons.
Dimensions:	223.4' (Lpp) x 33.5' x 18.3'
Propulsion:	One triple expansion, exhaust turbine steam engine , 1 shaft, 150 n.h.p.
Speed:	12 to 13.7 knots.
Armament:	Two 8cm/40cal deck guns, one Type 93 13mm MG, one searchlight, 2 DCs throwers, 12 Type 95 DCs, one hydrophone.