Nippon Maru Class


Builder and Year Completed:	Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe 1936
Gross tonnage:	9,974-tons.
Dimensions:	499.1' x 64.9’ x 29.6’
Propulsion:	1 Kawasaki MAN-Type diesel engine, 2,115 n.h.p., maximum speed 19.5 knots
Oil Cargo Capacity:	NIPPON -103,000 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel or approx. 13, 324-tons of crude oil @7.33 barrels per metric ton TATEKAWA - 93,000 barrels or approx. 12,687-tons of crude oil
Armament:	1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.

Nippon Maru Class Auxiliary Oiler

(NIPPON MARU prewar as a Yamashita Kisen tanker)

In 1941, NIPPON MARU was requisitioned by the IJN and ordered converted to an auxiliary oiler. NIPPON MARU's sister was TATEKAWA MARU. NIPPON and TATEKAWA MARUs were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines in January and May 1944 respectively.

Builder and
Year Completed: Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe
1936

Gross tonnage: 9,974-tons.

Dimensions: 499.1' x 64.9’ x 29.6’
Propulsion: 1 Kawasaki MAN-Type diesel engine, 2,115 n.h.p., maximum speed 19.5 knots
Oil Cargo Capacity: NIPPON -103,000 barrels @ 42 gals/barrel or approx. 13, 324-tons of crude oil @7.33 barrels per metric ton
TATEKAWA - 93,000 barrels or approx. 12,687-tons of crude oil
Armament: 1 x 4.7-inch (120-mm) LA gun.