Genyo Maru Class


Builder and Year Completed:	Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe 1937
Gross Tonnage:	10,018-tons.
Dimensions:	503.3' x 64.9’ x 30’
Propulsion:	1 Kawasaki (MAN-type) diesel engine, 2,250 n.h.p, maximum speed 19.5 knots.
Oil Cargo Capacity:	93,000 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel or approx. 12,031-tons of crude oil @ 7.33 barrels per metric ton
Armament:	1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.

Genyo Maru Class Auxiliary Oiler

(Oiler by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")
The GENYO MARU was completed in 1937. Her sisters were KENYO, NICHIEI, ITSUKUSHIMA, KOKUYO and TOEI MARUs. In August 1941, she was requisitioned by the IJN and converted to an auxiliary fleet oiler. The GENYO MARU was scuttled in the Philippine Sea after being bombed by Task Force 58's carrier aircraft in June 1944.

Builder and
Year Completed: Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe
1937

Gross Tonnage: 10,018-tons.

Dimensions: 503.3' x 64.9’ x 30’
Propulsion: 1 Kawasaki (MAN-type) diesel engine, 2,250 n.h.p, maximum speed 19.5 knots.
Oil Cargo Capacity: 93,000 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel
or approx. 12,031-tons of crude oil
@ 7.33 barrels per metric ton
Armament: 1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.