Kiyosumi Maru class


Year Completed:	1934
Displacement:	8,613-tons.
Dimensions:	Length 454', beam 61', draft 31'
Propulsion:	1 Mitsuibishi-Sulzer diesels, 1 shaft, 7,600 shp, 18 knots.
Armament:	4 x 5.5-inch (140-mm), 2 x 13. 5-mm MG, two 21-inch (533-mm) torpedo tubes.
Aircraft:	1 Type 94 Kawanishi E7K2 “Alf” reconnaissance floatplane.

Kiyosumi Maru Class

(Hokoku Maru by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")
In 1941, the cargo-passenger ship KIYOSUMI MARU was requisitioned from her owners by the IJN and converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser. She was rerated a transport in 1943 and sunk at Truk in 1944 during Operation "Hailstone."

Year Completed: 1934

Displacement: 8,613-tons.

Dimensions: Length 454', beam 61', draft 31'
Propulsion: 1 Mitsuibishi-Sulzer diesels, 1 shaft, 7,600 shp, 18 knots.

Armament: 4 x 5.5-inch (140-mm), 2 x 13. 5-mm MG, two 21-inch (533-mm) torpedo tubes.

Aircraft: 1 Type 94 Kawanishi E7K2 “Alf” reconnaissance floatplane.