Kinjosan Maru class

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Builder and Year Completed:	Mitsui Bussan K. K., Tama. 1936
Displacement:	3,262-tons, 4,783 tons (full)
Dimensions:	Length 332'8", beam 47'1", draft 25'
Propulsion:	Triple expansion reciprocating steam engine with a Gotaverken turbo-compressor, 1 shaft, 1950 i.h.p. at 82 r.p.m, 14.5 knots max. speed.
Armament:	4 x 120mm (4.7-inch)/45 cal LA, 1 x-7.7mm MG, 400 mines.

Kinjosan Maru class

Kinjosan Maru Class

(Kinjosan Maru prewar in Mitsui Line service)
In 1941, the passenger-cargo ship KINJOSAN MARU was requisitioned from the Mitsui Line by the IJN and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. In May 1942, while enroute to Truk, she was torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine.

Builder and Year Completed: Mitsui Bussan K. K., Tama.
1936

Displacement: 3,262-tons, 4,783 tons (full)

Dimensions: Length 332'8", beam 47'1", draft 25'
Propulsion: Triple expansion reciprocating steam engine with a
Gotaverken turbo-compressor, 1 shaft, 1950 i.h.p. at 82 r.p.m, 14.5 knots max. speed.

Armament: 4 x 120mm (4.7-inch)/45 cal LA,
1 x-7.7mm MG, 400 mines.