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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
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CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
auxiliary minelayers of WW II


Ships


Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate
高榮丸 [Koei Maru] 3.9.1933 // 8.1941 Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 6774 133.0x17.8x10.0   1diesel, 2800   captured 8.1945
最上川丸 [Mogamigawa Maru] 16.3.1934 // 12.1941 Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 7496 133.0x17.8x10.0   1diesel, 2800   transport 2.1942
日祐丸 [Nichiyu Maru] 24.8.1938 // 12.1940 Kawaminami 6871 137.6x17.7x10.0   1VTE, 3600   transport 7.1942
進宏丸 [Shinko Maru] 5.3.1935 // 12.1940 Yokohama Dock 6479 133.9x17.7x9.7   1diesel, 3700   sunk 18.10.1944
辰春丸 [Tatsuharu Maru] 18.1.1939 // 9.1941 Mitsubishi, Kobe 6345 125.2x17.0x9.3   1turbine, 4200   returned 8.1942
辰宮丸 [Tatsumiya Maru] 14.9.1938 // 9.1941 Mitsubishi, Kobe 6343 125.2x17.0x9.3   1turbine, 4200   returned 8.1942
天洋丸 [Tenyo Maru] 22.1.1935 // 9.1941 Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 6843 133.0x17.8x10.0   1diesel, 2800   sunk 11.3.1942


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Kinjo Maru (1935, 330, 1941 - 1942), Koryu Maru (1944, 873, 7.1945 - 28.7.1945), Takachiho Maru (1937, 343, 1941 - 8.1945), Fumi Maru 2-go (1939, 304, 1942 - 21.9.1944), Seki Maru 3-go (1939, 304, 1942 - 8.1945)

Standard scale images


<i>Kahoku Maru</i> 1941
Kahoku Maru 1941
<i>Shinko Maru</i> 1942 more than 1000 BRT
Shinko Maru 1942 more than 1000 BRT


Project history

Commercial vessels, converted to minelayers.

Modernizations

None.