OSEI MARU, postwar (Berend van der Wal Collection)
This class consists of OSEI MARU only, completed in Oct ‘41 for Toko Shoji K.K. She was requisitioned in Dec ‘41 by the IJN. Ship was converted that same month to an auxiliary anti-submarine netlayer and in Dec ’43 to an auxiliary cable layer. She survived the war, resumed her commercial service, was sold and renamed several times and was apparently scrapped before 1974.
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| Builder and Year Completed: |
Osaka. Naniwa Dock K.K. shipyard
1941
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| Gross tonnage: |
Between 641-tons |
| Dimensions: |
160.4’(lpp) x 27,9' x 13.8' |
| Propulsion: |
One diesel engine, One shaft, unknown shp. |
| Cruising Speed: |
Cruising: Unknown |
| Armament: |
Standard military equipment:
(Standard weapons at the time of war)
As in Feb ’44: One Type 41 8cm/40cal deck gun, one Type 93 13mm MG, one 7.7mm MG, one 60 cm searchlight.
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