PICTURE WANTED
This class consists of WAKAMIYA MARU only, completed in Apr ‘37 for Miyawaki Mantaro. She was requisitioned in Jan ‘42 by the IJN and converted to an auxiliary anti-submarine netlayer the following month. She was bombed and sunk in Jul ’45 by US aircraft off Kirun, Formosa (now Keelung, Taiwan).
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| Builder and Year Completed: |
Osaka. Endo Tekkosho K.K. shipyard
1937
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| Gross tonnage: |
548-tons |
| Dimensions: |
145.0’(lpp) x 25,6' x 13.1' |
| Propulsion: |
One Diesel engine, one shaft, 220 shp. |
| Speed: |
Cruising: 10 knots – Max: unknown. |
| Armament: |
Standard military equipment:
One 8cm/40cal deck gun, one Type 93 single 13mm MG, one single 7.7mm MG, one 60cm searchlight, One DC thrower, Two Type 1 DC racks, 24 DCs, four Type 14 anti-submarine nets and one hydrophone.
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