Rio de Janeiro Maru Class


Builder and Year Completed:	Mitsubishi, Nagoya, 1930
Displacement:	9,6271-tons.
Dimensions:	461.3' x 62’ x 26’
Propulsion:	2 diesels, 2 shafts, 6, 500 shp.
Armament:	Four 5.9-inch (150-mm), two 25-mm Type 96 dual AA guns.

Rio de Janeiro Maru Class Auxiliary Submarine Depot Ship

(CHOGEI by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")
The RIO DE JANEIRO MARU was converted to a submarine depot ship in 1942. She was rerated as a transport in 1943 and sunk by carrier aircraft at Truk in February 1944.

Builder and Year Completed: Mitsubishi, Nagoya, 1930

Displacement: 9,6271-tons.

Dimensions: 461.3' x 62’ x 26’
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 6, 500 shp.

Armament: Four 5.9-inch (150-mm), two 25-mm Type 96 dual AA guns.