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Takasago Maru underway in 1937
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Takasago MaruJapan
Name
  • Takasago Maru
  • (たかさほ まる)
Owner
  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
  • (OSK Line)
Operator
  • OSK Line (1937–41)
  • Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy (1941–1945)
  • Japan SCAJAP (1945–56)
BuilderMitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down9 June 1936
Launched1 December 1936
Completed28 April 1937
Commissioned28 April 1937
Decommissioned23 March 1956
Reclassified1 December 1941
Refit20 December 1941
FateScrapped in 1956
General characteristics
TypeCargo liner
Tonnage9,315 GRT
Length142.09 m (466 ft 2 in)
Beam18.50 m (60 ft 8 in)
Draft7.524 m (24 ft 8.2 in)
Depth11.60 m (38 ft 1 in)
Installed power12,641 hp (9,426 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 x Mitsubishi steam turbines
  • 2 x shafts
Speed15.34–20.15 knots (28.41–37.32 km/h; 17.65–23.19 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
4 x life boats
Capacity901–958 passengers

Takasago Maru was a passenger-cargo liner of OSK Line which later transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy as a hospital ship.[1]

  1. ^ "Takasago Maru class". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 2021-01-31.

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