Kawasaki-type oiler

Class overview
Kyokutō Maru (left), Kokuyō Maru, Nippon Maru and Shinkoku Maru (right) on 1 December 1941
Name:	Kawasaki-type oilers Tōa Maru class Tatekawa Maru class Nisshō Maru class Kuroshio Maru class Akatsuki Maru class
Builders:	Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation Harima Zōsen Corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:	Asano Bussan Chūgai Line Iino Lines Japan Line Kawasaki Line Kōbe Pier Kokuyō Line Mitsu Line Nippon Suisan Nittō Mining Nihon Tanker Yamashita Line Imperial Japanese Navy Imperial Japanese Army
Preceded by:	Fujisan Maru
Succeeded by:	Type 1TL wartime standard ship
Cost:	Tōa Maru: 2,600,000 JPY
Built:	1933 – 1943
In commission:	1934 – 1964
Planned:	17
Completed:	17
Lost:	17
Retired:	(1)
General characteristics
Type:	Oiler
Displacement:	approx. 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) gross
Length:	around 152 m (498 ft 8 in) Lpp
Beam:	around 20.0 m (65 ft 7 in)
Draught:	around 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	1 × diesel, single shaft, around 10,000 bhp or boiler and turbine
Speed:	around 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Armament:	(example) Shinkoku Maru, 1941 2 × 150 mm (5.9 in) naval guns 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA guns 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns Gen'yo Maru, 1941 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA guns 2 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns Itsukushima Maru, 1944 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) naval gun 16 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns 18 × depth charges 1 × Type 93 hydrophone Kyokutō Maru, 1944 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) AA guns 16 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns Nichiei Maru, 1944 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) AA guns 16 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns 12 × depth charges 1 × Type 93 hydrophone

The Kawasaki-type oiler (川崎型油槽船,, Kawasaki-gata Yusōsen) was a type of oiler of Japan, serving during the 1930s and World War II. They do not have official class name. Therefore, this article uses common class names. And, this type has some variants. This article handles them collectively.

Iino Lines Tōa Maru

Iino Lines Kyokutō Maru

Iino Lines Tōhō Maru

Japan Line Akatsuki Maru

IJN Tōei Maru in February 1941

IJN Shinkoku Maru in September 1941

IJN Kokuyō Maru on 9 December 1941

IJN Nippon Maru in June 1943

IJN Kyokutō Maru and carrier Hiryū in May or June 1942

IJN Kokuyō Maru and cruiser Tone on 17 June 1944

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