Shinkoku Maru Class


Builder and Year Completed:	Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe, 1940
Displacement:	10,020-tons.
Dimensions:	503.3' x 65’ x 29.6’
Propulsion:	1 Kawasaki MAN-Type diesel engine, 8,611 hp, maximum speed 19.5 knots
Oil Cargo Capacity:	93,300 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel or approx. 12,728-tons of crude oil @7.33 barrels per metric ton.
Armament:	1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.

Shinkoku Maru Class Auxiliary Oiler

(Oiler by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")
SHINKOKU MARU was the only ship of her class. In Aug '41, she was requisitioned by the IJN and ordered converted to an auxiliary oiler. SHINKOKU MARU was sunk at Truk by Task Force 38's carrier aircraft in Feb'44.

Builder and Year Completed: Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe, 1940

Displacement: 10,020-tons.

Dimensions: 503.3' x 65’ x 29.6’
Propulsion: 1 Kawasaki MAN-Type diesel engine, 8,611 hp, maximum speed 19.5 knots
Oil Cargo Capacity: 93,300 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel
or approx. 12,728-tons of crude oil
@7.33 barrels per metric ton.
Armament: 1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.