Saikyo Maru Class IJA Transport

Saikyo Maru Class Transport

(SAIKYO MARU Plan – Peter Cundall Collection)

This class consists of SAIKYO MARU only, completed in 1937 for Hinode Kisen K.K. as a 1,292-tons cargo ship. She was registered 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: Osaka. Osaka Zosensho K.K. shipyard
Between 1937

Gross tonnage: Between 1,292-tons

Dimensions: 219.2' (Lpp) x 35.8' x 18,4'
Propulsion: One triple expansion steam engine, one shaft, 1,100 s.h.p.

Speed: Cruising: 12 knots; Maximum: unknown.

Armament*: Two 8cm/40-caliber An-type, one Type 3 MG, one Type 38 rifle, one Type 14 pistol, 12 Type 95 depth charges, 2 DC throwers and DC loading stands, 2 DC racks, one Type 60 cm searchlight.
*The numbers of guns, machine guns, DC throwers, loading stands and racks are estimates, and the types of DCs may change as appropriate.


Builder and Years Completed:	Osaka. Osaka Zosensho K.K. shipyard Between 1937
Gross tonnage:	Between 1,292-tons
Dimensions:	219.2' (Lpp) x 35.8' x 18,4'
Propulsion:	One triple expansion steam engine, one shaft, 1,100 s.h.p.
Speed:	Cruising: 12 knots; Maximum: unknown.
Armament*:	Two 8cm/40-caliber An-type, one Type 3 MG, one Type 38 rifle, one Type 14 pistol, 12 Type 95 depth charges, 2 DC throwers and DC loading stands, 2 DC racks, one Type 60 cm searchlight. *The numbers of guns, machine guns, DC throwers, loading stands and racks are estimates, and the types of DCs may change as appropriate.