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Kimikawa Maru

Ships

Name	Launched // Comm.	Builder	Tonnage, BRT	Dimensions, m	Speed, kts	Engine, Power hp	Armament	Fate
迦具丸 [Kagu Maru]	18.4.1936 // 8.1937	Harima Zosen	6807	138.2x18.6x9.5	17	1 diesel, 6000	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes	returned 12.1938
神川丸 [Kamikawa Maru]	13.12.1936 // 9.1937	Kawasaki, Kobe	6853	146.0x19.0x9.0	17	1 diesel, 7600	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes	returned 12.1938, commissioned again 11.1939, sunk 28.5.1943
君川丸 [Kimikawa Maru]	11.3.1937 // 7.1941	Kawasaki, Kobe	6863	146.0x19.0x9.0	16	1 diesel, 7600	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 х 1 - 76/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes	transport 10.1943
衣笠丸 [Kinugasa Maru]	26.12.1935 // 9.1937	Kawasaki, Kobe	6808	139.0x18.6x9.0	17	1 diesel, 7600	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes	returned 4.1938
聖川丸 [Kiyokawa Maru]	16.2.1937 // 10.1941	Kawasaki, Kobe	6863	146.0x19.0x9.0	16	1 diesel, 7600	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 х 1 - 76/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes	transport 12.1942
国川丸 [Kunikawa Maru]	12.6.1937 // 7.1942	Kawasaki, Kobe	6863	146.0x19.0x9.0	17	1 diesel, 7600	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes	transport 10.1943
能代丸 [Noshiro Maru]	28.6.1934/.7.1941	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	7184	136.7x19.0x8.43	18.5	1 diesel, 6700	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 12 seaplanes	returned 8.1941, later AMC
相良丸 [Sagara Maru]	23.3.1940 // 9.1941	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	7189	146.0x19.0x9.7	19	2 diesels, 16000	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 40/62, 8 seaplanes	transport 12.1942
讃岐丸 [Sanuki Maru]	8.2.1939 // 9.1941	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	7189	146.0x19.0x9.7	19	2 diesels, 16000	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 40/62, 8 seaplanes	transport 12.1942
山陽丸 [San`yo Maru]	15.10.1930 // 8.1941	Mitsubishi, Nagoya	8360	136.0x18.0x12.0	18	diesels	2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 13.2, 8 seaplanes	transport 10.1943

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Aircraft facilities

There were 2 catapults

Project history

Seaplane tenders, converted from merchant vessels.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Kamikawa Maru 28.5.1943 was sunk N off New Ireland by US submarine Scamp.