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SHIMANE MARU Shipyard: Kawasaki in Kobe Keel Laid: 8. June, 1944 Launched: 17. Dec., 1944 Entered service: 28. Feb., 1945 OTAKISAN MARU Shipyard: Kawasaki in Kobe Keel Laid: 18. Sep., 1944 Launched: 14. Jan., 1945 Entered service: never entered Nr.14 (never rebuilded) Nr.16 (never rebuilded) All 4 ships builded as tankers type 1 TL. Displacement: 11,800 t, 14,500 t max. Complement: Length: 160,5m Beam: 20m Draught: 9,1m Flight deck: 152,5x23m Aircraft: 12 Speed: 18,5 knots Guns: 5 - 120mm 52 - 25mm Machinery: 2 geared turbines. 2 Boilers, 1 shaft, S.H.P 8600 |
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Shimano Maru - never operational, 24. June 1945 sunk bu US aircrafts
in Takamatsu - Shikoku Island Otakisan Maru - only 70% complete, 25. August, 1945 close to Kobe hit bu mine. Scrapped in 1948. |
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