(TSURUGISAKI, later KAIHO MARU, prewar)
This class consists of KAIHO MARU only, completed in ‘17 as TSURUGISAKI for the IJN as a small naval tanker. The ship was a very early diesel powered tanker. Removed from the Navy list in ’33, sold in ’35 to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and used thereafter as a fishery control ship. Renamed KAIHO MARU in ’36, she was registered again by the IJN, converted to an auxiliary gunboat in Jan ’45 and sunk by an American submarine in Apr ‘45.
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| Builder and Year Completed: |
Kure Navy Yard
1917
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| Gross tonnage: |
1,091-tons |
| Dimensions: |
215.2' (Lpp) x 30.8' x 18,0' |
| Propulsion: |
two Burmeister & Wain 4-stroke, double acting diesel engines , 2 shafts, 950 s.h.p. |
| Speed: |
11 knots cruising, unknown max. |
| Armament: |
- As completed: Two 8cm/40 deck guns.
- Additional armament 1939:
Two Type 92s 7,7mm MGs.
- Additional armament 1943:
One 8cm/40 deck gun, one 12 mm/62 "HI" Type,
Two Type 92s 7,7mm MGs, 4 DCs, one hydrophone.
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