| Tonnage | 9400 deadweight tons |
| Dimensions | 508'6" by 62'5" by 27'10" 154.99m by 19.02m by 8.48m |
| Maximum speed | 18 knots |
| Aircraft | 2 catapults 12 seaplanes |
| Armament |
2 5.9" guns 2 13mm/76 machine guns |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesel
(16,000 shp) |
The Sagara Marus were passenger
liners built by Mitsubishi
in 1939 for the Nippon Yusen line. They were converted to
seaplane carriers just
prior to the outbreak of war.
| Converted
to transport
in 1942; sunk 1943-6-23 by Harder |
||
|
At Magong with Third Surprise Attack Force (Hirose) |
Converted to transport in 1942; sunk 1945-1-28 by Spadefish off Shanghai | |
| Sanyo Maru | Singora Attack Force | Converted to transport in 1943; sunk 1944-5-26 by Cabrilla off Menado |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2007-11-8)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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