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| Tonnage | 8000 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions |
500'3" by 64'3" by 23'0" 152.48m by 19.58m by 7.01m |
| Maximum speed | 19 knots |
| Armament |
8 75mm AA guns Up to 60 25mm/60 AA guns 2 mortars 13 Daihatsu landing craft 12 Toku landing boats |
| Machinery |
1-shaft turbine (3500 shp) 3 boilers |
| Range | 13,000 nautical miles (21,000 km) at 13.5 knots |
The Kibitsu Marus were Standard Type 1A merchant ships converted to landing craft depot ships on the ways. Somewhat resembling the Allied LSDs, these ships launched their landing craft through stern doors. A peculiarity of their design was that their two funnels were side-by-side rather than inline. Tonnage varied among the ships of the class by about 200 tons.
A fourth unit, Tokitsu Maru, was under construction at the time of the surrender, and was completed as a merchant ship in 1946.
| Kibitsu
Maru |
Completed 1943-12-29 (Hitachi-Inoshima)
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Mined
and run aground 1945-8-7 near Kobe |
| Hyuga Maru |
Completed 1945-1-15 (Hitachi-Inoshima) | Mined and run aground 1945-5-30 near Hakata |
| Settsu Maru |
Completed 1945-1-15 (Hitachi-Inoshima) |
References
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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