Akebono Maru Class


Builder and Year Completed:	Harima Shipbuilding and Engineering 1939
Gross Tonnage:	10,182-tons.
Dimensions:	504.6' x 65’ x 29.6’
Propulsion:	1 diesel, 1 shaft, 2, 497 n.h.p.
Oil Cargo Capacity:	110,000 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel or approx. 15,007-tons of crude oil @ 7.33 barrels per metric ton
Armament:	1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.

Akebono Maru Class Auxiliary Oiler

(Oiler by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")
In 1941, AKEBONO MARU was ordered converted to an auxiliary oiler. AKEBONO MARU's sister was AKATSUKI MARU. AKEBONO MARU was bombed and sunk at Palau in March 1944.

Builder and
Year Completed: Harima Shipbuilding and Engineering
1939

Gross Tonnage: 10,182-tons.

Dimensions: 504.6' x 65’ x 29.6’
Propulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 2, 497 n.h.p.

Oil Cargo Capacity: 110,000 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel
or approx. 15,007-tons of crude oil
@ 7.33 barrels per metric ton
Armament: 1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.