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TAKASAGO MARU was completed as a passenger-cargo ship for Osaka Shosen (OSK Line) in 1937. Requisitioned by the IJN in 1941, she was converted to a hospital ship. She survived the war and was used as a transport for the Allied Repatration Service from 1945 to 1947. She was sold for scrap in 1956.
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Nagasaki. |
| Year Completed: | 1937 |
| Displacement: | 9, 315-tons |
| Dimensions: | Length 818', beam 60.7', draft ? |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 8,500 SHP, 20.2 knots. |
| Number of Passengers Carried: | 1,079 passengers. |
