TAKASAGO MARU was completed as a passenger-cargo ship for Osaka Shosen (OSK Line) in 1937. Requisitioned by the IJN in 1941, she was converted to a hospital ship. She survived the war and was used as a transport for the Allied Repatration Service from 1945 to 1947. She was sold for scrap in 1956.

Builder:	Mitsubishi Nagasaki.
Year Completed:	1937
Displacement:	9, 315-tons
Dimensions:	Length 818', beam 60.7', draft ?
Propulsion:	2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 8,500 SHP, 20.2 knots.
Number of Passengers Carried:	1,079 passengers.