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HAKKAI MARU Class Auxiliary Transports and Gunboat

(HAKKAI MARU prewar)

This class consists of HAKKAI MARU only, completed in ‘40 for Kita Nihon Kisen K.K. as a 2,921-tons passenger/cargo ship. She was registered in Aug ‘41 by the IJN, converted the following month to an auxiliary gunboat and torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine in May ‘43.

Builder and Year Completed: Uraga. Uraga Senkyo K.K. shipyard.
1940
Gross tonnage: 2,921 tons
Dimensions: 309.1' (Lpp) x 44.9' x 24,6'
Propulsion: One triple expansion, exhaust turbine steam engine, 1 shaft, 2,800 s.h.p.
Speed: 12 knots cruising, unknown max.
Armament: - Unknown