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| Tonnage | 4317 tons displacement |
| Dimensions | 356'6" by 49'5" by ? 108.7m by 15.1m by ? |
| Maximum speed | 13 knots |
| Armament |
2 4.7"/45 dual-purpose guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft geared turbine |
The Urakami Maru was completed as a cargo ship for the Fukuyo Kisen K.K. Line in 1941. She was requisitioned
by the Japanese Navy and completed her conversion to an "auxiliary specially installed
construction warship" on 25 January 1942 at Sasebo Navy Yard.
Urakami Maru was bombed on 30 March 1944 by aircraft at Malakal Harbor, Koror, Palau.
References:
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