KYOKUTO MARU Class


Builder and Year Completed:	Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe 1934
Gross tonnage:	10,051-tons.
Dimensions:	502.3' x 64.9’ x 37.1’
Propulsion:	1 Kawasaki (MAN- type) diesel engine, 8,611 hp, maximum speed 19.5 knots.
Oil Cargo Capacity:	93,000 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel or approx. 12,687-tons of crude oil @ 7.33 barrels per metric ton
Armament:	1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.

Kyokuto Maru Class Auxiliary Oiler

(Oiler by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")
In 1941, the KYOKUTO MARU MARU was requisitioned by the IJN and ordered converted to an Auxiliary Oiler. The KYOKUTO MARU's sisters were the TOA and TOHO MARUs. The KYOKUTO MARU was bombed and sunk in September 1944. The TOHO and TOA MARUs were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines in March and November 1943 respectively.

Builder and
Year Completed: Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe
1934

Gross tonnage: 10,051-tons.

Dimensions: 502.3' x 64.9’ x 37.1’
Propulsion: 1 Kawasaki (MAN- type) diesel engine, 8,611 hp, maximum speed 19.5 knots.
Oil Cargo Capacity: 93,000 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel
or approx. 12,687-tons of crude oil
@ 7.33 barrels per metric ton
Armament: 1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.