RIKUGUN YUSOSEN

Nittai Maru Class Transport

(Freighter by Ueda Kihachiro)



This class consisted of NITTAI MARU. In Mar '44, NITTAI MARU was sunk n the Celebes Sea by an American submarine NW of Waisile, Halmahera.

Builder and
Year Completed:
Doxford W. & Sons - William Doxford & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, England. 1921
Gross tonnage: 6,583-tons
Dimensions: 416' (lpp) x 53.6' x ?
Propulsion: 1 3-cyl triple expansion engine, single shaft, 2500 i.h.p.
Speed: 10 knots
Armament: Unknown Unknown