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Kamoi in 1937
History
Japanese seaplane tender KamoiEmpire of Japan
NameKamoi
NamesakeCape Kamui
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding
Laid down14 September 1921
Launched8 June 1922
Completed12 September 1922
Commissioned12 September 1922
Decommissioned3 May 1947
In service1922–1945
Reclassified
  • February 1933 (seaplane tender)
  • 1939 (flying boat tender)
  • 15 April 1944 (oiler)
FateScrapped post war
Kamoi in 1920s
General characteristics as oiler (1922)
Displacement17,000 long tons (17,273 t) standard
Length148.89 m (488 ft 6 in) Lpp
Beam20.42 m (67 ft 0 in)
Draught8.53 m (28 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 × GE/Curtis turbine
  • 2 × GE electrical generators
  • 4 × Babcock & Wilcox oil/coal-fired boilers
  • 2 shafts, 8,000 bhp (6,000 kW)
Speed15.0 knots (27.8 km/h; 17.3 mph)
Range8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Capacity10,000 tons oil
Complement181
Armament
  • 2 × 140 mm (5.5 in) naval guns
  • 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA guns
General characteristics as seaplane tender (1933)
Complement324
Armament2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA guns
Aircraft carried
  • 22 × Nakajima E4N or
  • 12 × Yokosuka E5Y
Aviation facilitieshangar
General characteristics as flying boat tender (1939)
Displacement15,381 long tons (15,628 t) trial
Propulsion
  • 1 × GE/Curtis turbine
  • 2 × GE electrical generators
  • 4 × Kampon boilers
  • 2 shafts
Armament
  • 2 × 140 mm (5.5 in) naval guns
  • 1 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA gun
  • 10 × 20 mm AA guns

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