Kamikawa Maru-class seaplane tender
Kamikawa Maru
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
Kamikawa Maru-class Cargo ship |
| Builders: |
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Operators: |
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| Built: |
1936–1940 |
| In commission: |
1937–1969 |
| Planned: |
5 |
| Completed: |
5 |
| Lost: |
4 |
| Retired: |
1 (Kiyokawa Maru) |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Cargo ship/Seaplane tender
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| Displacement: |
- Kamikawa Maru
- 6,853 long tons (6,963 t) gross
- Kiyokawa Maru
- 6,862 long tons (6,972 t) gross
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Kimikawa Maru and Kunikawa Maru
- 6,863 long tons (6,973 t) gross
- Hirokawa Maru
- 6,872 long tons (6,982 t) gross
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| Length: |
- 145.0 m (475 ft 9 in) Lpp
- 146.15 m (479 ft 6 in) waterline
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| Beam: |
19.0 m (62 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: |
8.23 m (27 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: |
- Kamikawa Maru
- 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D7Z-70/120T diesel
- single shaft, 9,137 bhp
- Kiyokawa Maru
- 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D7Z-70/120T diesel
- single shaft, 8,810 bhp
- Kimikawa Maru
- 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D7Z-70/120T diesel
- single shaft, 8,867 bhp
- Kunikawa Maru
- 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D7Z-70/120T diesel
- single shaft, 8,880 bhp
- Hirokawa Maru
- 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D8Z-70/120T diesel, single shaft, 9,980 bhp
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| Speed: |
-
Kamikawa Maru and Kiyokawa Maru
- 19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h)
-
Kimikawa Maru and Kunikawa Maru
- 19.4 knots (22.3 mph; 35.9 km/h)
- Hirokawa Maru
- 19.2 knots (22.1 mph; 35.6 km/h)
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| Capacity: |
650,000 cbft freight as cargo ship |
| Crew: |
65 as cargo ship |
| Armament: |
- Kamikawa Maru, 1937
- 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/45 AA guns
- 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns
- Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru and Kunikawa Maru, 1941
- 2 × 150 mm (5.9 in) L/40 naval guns
- 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/23.5 AA guns
- 4 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
- 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns
- Hirokawa Maru, 1941
- 6 × Type 88 75 mm AA guns
- 4 × Type 98 20 mm AA guns
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| Aircraft carried: |
- Kamikawa Maru, Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru and Kunikawa Maru
- up to 12 float plane
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| Aviation facilities: |
- Kamikawa Maru, Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru and Kunikawa Maru
- catapult and deck
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The Kamikawa Maru-class cargo ship (神川丸型貨物船, Kamikawa Maru-gata Kamotsusen?) was a type of cargo ship of Japan, serving during the 1930s and World War II. Four of the five ships of the class were converted to seaplane tenders during the war.
Kawasaki Line Kiyokawa Maru
Kawasaki Line Kimikawa Maru
Kawasaki Line Kunikawa Maru
Kawasaki Line Hirokawa Maru
IJN Kamikawa Maru circa 1939 at Xiamen
IJN Kamikawa Maru in June 1942 at Kiska
IJN Kimikawa Maru in Autumn 1942 at Ōminato Naval Base
IJN Kimikawa Maru in April 1943 at Ōminato Naval Base
IJN Kamikawa Maru-class in 1943
IJN Kimikawa Maru in Summer 1943
IJN Kiyokawa Maru (above) on 10 March 1942
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