KYURYOKAN

Stories of the IJN's Supply and Special Service Ships

10 May 2008

By Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall

Discussion & Questions

(Cargo ship by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")

During the Pacific War, a number of vessels were in the service of the Imperial Navy as Supply and Special Service ships. This page will cover ten such ships in six classes.

In some cases, data for these vessels are incomplete and the authors could not find details of movements for some time frames. Readers with access to such data are requested to post the information on the Discussion and Questions board or at the IJN Ship Message Board.

Tabular Records of Movement (TROMs):

Supply Ships

(Classes link to specifications summaries)

Mamiya Class

Mamiya (posted 11/23/2007)

Irako Class

Irako (posted 11/23/2007)

Kinezaki Class

Kinezaki(posted 3/21/2008)
Arasaki(posted 5/10/2008)
Hayasaki
Shirasaki

Kurasaki Class

Kurasaki(posted 3/21/2008)

Nozaki Class

Nozaki(posted 3/21/2008)

Muroto Class
Muroto
Nojima

Bibliography of Sources

About the Authors

Mr. Robert Hackett is a military historian and researcher. Retired from the United States Air Force and later from the aerospace industry, he resides in Florida.

Mr. Sander Kingsepp, a native of Estonia, is also a military historian and researcher. A talented linguist, Sander's translations of Japanese source materials have greatly enhanced these TROMs.

Mr. Peter Cundall is a maritime historian and researcher who specializes in merchant ships. He resides in Australia.

Questions to the authors concerning these TROMs should be posted on the Discussion and Questions board.