(KOTOBUKI MARU No. 3 prewar – Berend van der Wal Collection.)
This class consists of KOTOBUKI MARU No. 3 only, completed in Jun ‘36 for Fujioka Sadaichi. She was requisitioned in Sep ‘41 by the IJN and converted to an auxiliary anti-submarine netlayer in Oct ‘41. She was bombed and sunk in Jan ’44 by an American aircraft S Eniwetok (Marshalls).
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| Builder and Year Completed: |
Osaka. Urabe Zosen Zosensho K.K. shipyard
1939
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| Gross tonnage: |
Between 724-tons |
| Dimensions: |
183.7’(lpp) x 27.9' x 16,7' |
| Propulsion: |
One Diesel engine, one shaft, 510 shp. |
| Speed: |
unknown. |
| Armament: |
Standard military equipment:
One 8cm/40cal Type 41 deck gun, one Type 93 single 13mm MG, one single 7.7mm MG, one 60cm searchlight, One DC thrower, Two Type 1 DC racks, 24 DCs, four Type 14 anti-submarine nets.
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