Yusho Maru Class


Builder and Year Completed:	Kobe Steel (Harima SB), 1928.
Displacement:	807-tons.
Dimensions:	183.6' x 33’ x 17’
Propulsion:	1 reciprocating steam turbine engine, 1 shaft, maximum speed 14.6 knots.
Armament:	Likely 13-mm MG and perhaps 25-mm AA.

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Yusho Maru Class Rescue and Salvage Ship

(Salvage tug by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")
YUSHO MARU was completed as a salvage vessel in 1928. She was requisitioned and converted by the IJN to a rescue and salvage ship in 1941. In Sep '43, YUSHO MARU struck a mine and sank in the Makassar Strait.

Builder and Year Completed: Kobe Steel (Harima SB), 1928.

Displacement: 807-tons.

Dimensions: 183.6' x 33’ x 17’
Propulsion: 1 reciprocating steam turbine engine, 1 shaft, maximum speed 14.6 knots.

Armament: Likely 13-mm MG and perhaps 25-mm AA.