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Shimane Maru Class, Japanese Escort Carriers

Photograph of Shimane Maru

Tonnage	11,800 tons standard displacement
Dimensions	502'0" by 65'7" by 29'10" 153.0m by 20.0m by 9.1m
Maximum speed	18.5 knots
Aircraft	508'6" (155.0m) flight deck 1 elevator 12 aircraft
Armament	2 4.7"/45 dual-purpose guns 9x3, 25x1 25mm/60 AA guns 1 depth charge thrower (16 depth charges)
Machinery	1-shaft geared turbine (8600 shp) 2 boilers
Range	10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 14 knots
Sensors	Type 13 air search radar

The Shimane Marus were Type 1TL tankers converted to small carriers for convoy escort. The well deck was converted to a hangar and there was no island. Two additional units were planned but never laid down.

Units in the Pacific:

Shimane Maru	Completed 1945-2 (Kobe)	Sunk by aircraft 1945-7-24 near Takamatsu
Otakisan Maru	Launched 1945-1-14 (Kobe)	Mined 1945-8-25 when 70% complete near Kobe

References

Chesneau (1992)

Gogin (2010; accessed 2013-4-5)

Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)

Worth (2001)

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