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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
摩耶山丸 [Mayasan Maru]			Mitsui, Tamano	2.1941	1942	12.1942	sunk 17.11.1944	Mayasan Maru class
玉津丸 [Tamatsu Maru]			Mitsui, Tamano	10.1942	1943	1.1944	sunk 19.8.1944	Mayasan Maru class
日向丸 [Hyuga Maru]			Hitachi, Innoshima	1943	1944	11.1944	sunk 30.5.1945	Kibitsu Maru class
吉備津丸 [Kibitsu Maru]			Hitachi, Innoshima	1942	1943	12.1943	sunk 7.8.1945	Kibitsu Maru class
攝津丸 [Settsu Maru]			Hitachi, Innoshima	1943	1944	1.1945	surrendered 8.1945, sold mercantile 1948	Kibitsu Maru class
時津丸 [Tokitsu Maru]			Hitachi, Innoshima	10.1944	2.5.1946	---	completed mercantile 4.1946	Kibitsu Maru class
高津丸 [Takatsu Maru]			Uraga, Tokyo	1942	1943	1.1944	sunk 10.11.1944	Takatsu Maru

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Mayasan Maru class 摩耶山丸 [Mayasan Maru]     Mitsui, Tamano 2.1941 1942 12.1942 sunk 17.11.1944 玉津丸 [Tamatsu Maru]     Mitsui, Tamano 10.1942 1943 1.1944 sunk 19.8.1944 Kibitsu Maru class 日向丸 [Hyuga Maru]     Hitachi, Innoshima 1943 1944 11.1944 sunk 30.5.1945 吉備津丸 [Kibitsu Maru]     Hitachi, Innoshima 1942 1943 12.1943 sunk 7.8.1945 攝津丸 [Settsu Maru]     Hitachi, Innoshima 1943 1944 1.1945 surrendered 8.1945, sold mercantile 1948 時津丸 [Tokitsu Maru]     Hitachi, Innoshima 10.1944 2.5.1946 --- completed mercantile 4.1946 Takatsu Maru 高津丸 [Takatsu Maru]     Uraga, Tokyo 1942 1943 1.1944 sunk 10.11.1944

Technical data

Data variant	Mayasan Maru class	Kibitsu Maru class	Takatsu Maru
Displacement standard, t	7000	8000	5000
Displacement normal, t	11910	9500
Displacement full, t	---	12000
Length, m	139.9 pp	142.0 pp 152.5 oa
Breadth, m	19.0	19.6
Draught, m	7.04	7.00
No of shafts	2	2	2
Machinery	2 diesels	2 sets geared steam turbines, 3 water-tube boilers	2 sets geared steam turbines
Power, h. p.	10800	10000	5000
Max speed, kts	20.8	19	17.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil	oil	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	6 x 1 - 75/44 88-shiki, 20 x 1 - 13.2/76	8 x 1 - 75/44 88-shiki, up to 60 - 25/60 96-shiki	6 x 1 - 75/44 88-shiki
Military load	20 Daihatsu landing craft	13 Daihatsu landing craft, 12 Toku-Daihatsu landing craft	20 Daihatsu landing craft
Complement

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Project history

Taking into account experience of service of landing ship Shinshu Maru, in 1942 at initiative of Army there have been begun works on conversion of some cargo vessels being in building to amphibious transports - landing craft carriers. Among themselves they differed as ways of landing craft transportation, and their launching. Onboard of Mayasan Maru class ships Daihatsus were stored on an upper deck and launched through special cuts in the stern. On Kibitsu Maru class landing crafts were transported in a special hangar on main deck and went down on railway lines through the stern hatch-gangway port. On Takatsu Maru landing crafts were stored on an upper deck and were handled by cranes.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

Tamatsu Maru was sunk 19.8.1944 by US submarine Spadefish off Luzon. Takatsu Maru was sunk 10.11.1944 by US aircraft in Ormock Bay. Mayasan Maru was sunk 17.11.1944 by US submarine Picuda in East China Sea. Hyuga Maru was lost on a mine 30.5.1945 off Hakata. Kibitsu Maru was lost on a mine 7.8.1945 near Kobe.