Hokoku Maru class


Years Completed:	HOKOKU MARU: 1940 AIKOKU MARU: 1940 GOKOKU MARU: 1941
Displacement:	10, 438-tons.
Dimensions:	Length 492', beam 66.5', draft 41'
Propulsion:	2 Mistsui B&W diesels, 2 shafts, 13,000 shp, 21 knots.
Armament:	8 x 5.5-inch (140-mm/50, 2 x 3-inch (76-mm) HA guns, 4 x 25-mm AA, 2 twin 13. 5-mm MG (2x2), four 21-inch (533-mm) torpedo tubes (2x2).
Aircraft:	2 Type 94 Kawanishi E7K2 “Alf” reconnaissance floatplanes carried atop the hatches of Nos. 4 and 5 holds aft.

TOKUSETSU JUNYOKAN!

Hokoku Maru Class

(Aikoku Maru at Seltetar Naval Base, Singapore in 1942)
In 1941, three passenger-cargo ships were requisitioned from their owners by the IJN, and converted to Armed Merchant Cruisers
at the Tama Ship Yard. These were HOKOKU, AIKOKU and GOKOKU MARUs. HOKOKU MARU was lost in 1942, while AIKOKU
and GOKOKU MARUs were rerated as transports in 1943.

Years Completed: HOKOKU MARU: 1940
AIKOKU MARU: 1940
GOKOKU MARU: 1941

Displacement: 10, 438-tons.

Dimensions: Length 492', beam 66.5', draft 41'
Propulsion: 2 Mistsui B&W diesels, 2 shafts, 13,000 shp, 21 knots.

Armament: 8 x 5.5-inch (140-mm/50, 2 x 3-inch (76-mm) HA guns, 4 x 25-mm AA, 2 twin 13. 5-mm MG (2x2), four 21-inch (533-mm) torpedo tubes (2x2).

Aircraft: 2 Type 94 Kawanishi E7K2 “Alf” reconnaissance floatplanes carried atop the hatches of Nos. 4 and 5 holds aft.