Sanuki Maru class


Years Completed:	SANUKI MARU: 1939 SAGARA MARU: 1940
Displacement:	7, 189-tons.
Dimensions:	Length 479', beam 62', draft 32' td>
Propulsion:	2 Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesels, 2 shaft, 16, 0600 shp.
Armament:	2 x 5.9-inch, (plus 2 x 3-inch AA - KIMIKAWA and KIYOKAWA MARUs only), 2 x 13mm MG
Conversion:	Aft well deck fitted with two 56' catapults, cranes fitted to recover aircraft.
Aircraft:	8 Type 95 Kawanishi E8N “Dave” 2 seat reconnaissance float biplanes, 4 Type 0 Aichi E13A1 "Jakes" .

SANUKI MARU Class

(NOTORO by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")
In 1941, before the start of the Pacific War, the SANUKI and SAGARA MARUs were requisitioned from their owners by the IJN and converted to seaplane carriers/tenders at Mitsubishi Shipbuildings' Nagasaki (SANUKI) and Yokohama (SAGARA) shipyards. Both the SAGARA and SANUKI MARUs were rerated as transports in 1942.

Years Completed: SANUKI MARU: 1939
SAGARA MARU: 1940

Displacement: 7, 189-tons.

Dimensions: Length 479', beam 62', draft 32' td>
Propulsion: 2 Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesels, 2 shaft, 16, 0600 shp.

Armament: 2 x 5.9-inch, (plus 2 x 3-inch AA - KIMIKAWA and KIYOKAWA MARUs only), 2 x 13mm MG

Conversion: Aft well deck fitted with two 56' catapults, cranes fitted to recover aircraft.
Aircraft: 8 Type 95 Kawanishi E8N “Dave” 2 seat reconnaissance float biplanes, 4 Type 0 Aichi E13A1 "Jakes" .