(DAIGEN MARU No. 7 prewar)
This class consists of TOSHO MARU and DAIGEN MARU No. 7,
respectively completed between in Apr and Nov ‘37 for different shipping
companies. Both were requisitioned by the IJN in ’38 and converted to
auxiliary gunboats that same year before being converted to auxiliary
transports respectively in Jun ’43 and Apr ‘44. TOSHO MARU was bombed and
sunk by USN land-based aircraft in Sep ’44 and DAIGEN MARU No. 7 torpedoed
and sunk by an American submarine in Jun ’44.
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| Builder and Year Completed: |
Osaka. Namura Zosensho K.K. shipyard
1938
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| Gross tonnage: |
1,289-tons |
| Dimensions: |
219.2' (Lpp) x 35.8' x 18.3' |
| Propulsion: |
One Triple Expansion Steam Engine, one
shaft, 500 bhp |
| Speed: |
Cruising: 12 knots. Max: Unknown. |
| Armament: |
As gunboat: 2 8cm/40cal deck guns, 2 7.7mm
MGs, 1 75cm searchlight, Arisaka Type 38 rifles, pistols, 2 Type 95
DCs racks, 1 DC thrower, 1 paravane, minesweeping equipment, 1
rangefinder.
As transport: 2 8cm/40cal deck guns, 1 single (or
twin) Type 93 13mm MG, 1 searchlight , Arisaka Type 38 rifles, 2
Type 95 DCs racks, 1 paravane, 1 rangefinder.
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