Mobilized Merchantmen seaplane tender




Armament2-15cm gun, 2-8cm AA gun, 4-25mm AA, 2 catapults, 12 or 8 aircraft



Name Owner Tonnage Launched Mobilized
Kagu-MaruKokusai Line680719361937. 8.251938.12.15 demobilized
1944.11. 4 sunk
(torpedoed, W of Philippines
[15.54N, 119.45E]
Kamikawa-MaruKawasaki Line685319371937. 9.181938.12. 5 aircraft transport
1939.11.15 T-VT
1943. 5.28 sunk
(torpedoed, New Ireland I)
[01.00S, 150.18E]
Kunikawa-MaruKawasaki Line686319371942. 7.141945. 5.21 sunk
(torpedoed, South China Sea)
[14.30N, 115.48E]
Kimikawa-MaruKawasaki Line686319371941. 7.251943.10. 1 T-TP
1944.10.23 sunk
(torpedoed, W of Philippines
[18.58N, 118.46E]
Kiyokawa-MaruKawasaki Line686319371941.10. 51942.12. 1 T-TP
1943. 4. 1 T-VT
1943.10. 1 T-TP
1945 demobilized
Kinugasa-MaruKokusai Line840719361937. 9.271938. 4.28 demobilized
1944.10. 7 sunk
(air attack, Macassar Strait)
[01.15S, 116.50E]
Sagara-MaruNYK718919401941. 9.201942.12. 1 T-TP
1943. 6.23 damaged
(torpedoed, Omaezaki)
[34.52N, 138.20E]
Sanuki-MaruNYK718919391941. 9. 51942.12. 1 T-TP
1945. 1.28 sunk
(torpedoed, off Shanghai)
[33.55N, 122.55E]
Sanyo-MaruOSK Line836019301941. 8.151943.10. 1 T-TP
1944. 5.26 sunk
(torpedoed, off Menado)
[02.46N, 124.22E]



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