Santos Maru Class

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Builder and Year Completed:	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, 1925
Displacement:	7,266-tons.
Dimensions:	430.8' x 55.8’ x 36’
Propulsion:	2 diesels, 2 shafts.
Armament:	One 5.9-inch (150-mm) gun, 4 Type 96 25-mm AA guns, two 13.2-mm MGs, one depth charge thrower.

Santos Maru Class

Santos (Manju) Maru Class Auxiliary Submarine Depot Ship

(Santos Maru by Ueda Kihachiro)
In 1941, SANTOS MARU was requisitioned from her owners by the IJN and ordered converted to a submarine depot ship. In March 1943, she was renamed MANJU MARU and rerated a transport. MANJU MARU was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait in 1944.

Builder and Year Completed: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, 1925

Displacement: 7,266-tons.

Dimensions: 430.8' x 55.8’ x 36’
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts.

Armament: One 5.9-inch (150-mm) gun, 4 Type 96 25-mm AA guns, two 13.2-mm MGs, one depth charge thrower.