Kinkasan Maru Class IJA Transport

RIKUGUN YUSOSEN

Kinkasan Maru Class Transport

(KINKASAN MARU, prewar )

KINKASAN MARU was completed as a cargo ship in 1911 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Ltd. for Mitsui Kisen K. K., Kobe. In 1941, KINKASAN MARU was requisitioned by the IJA. On 1 Oct '43, KENZAN MARU was torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine.

Builder and
Year Completed: Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough, U. K.
1911

Gross tonnage: 4,950-tons.

Dimensions: 380' (lpp) x 53.2'' x 29.6'
Propulsion: Reciproating steam triple expansion engine, 1 screw, 245 NHP

Speed: 9.5 knots cruising, 10.5 knots max.
Armament: Unknown


Builder and Year Completed:	Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough, U. K. 1911
Gross tonnage:	4,950-tons.
Dimensions:	380' (lpp) x 53.2'' x 29.6'
Propulsion:	Reciproating steam triple expansion engine, 1 screw, 245 NHP
Speed:	9.5 knots cruising, 10.5 knots max.
Armament:	Unknown