Mayasan Maru
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 摩耶山丸 <Mayasan Maru> | Mitsui, Tamano | 2/1941 | 1942 | 12/1942 | sunk 17/11/1944 | |
| 玉津丸 <Tamatsu Maru> | Mitsui, Tamano | 10/1942 | 1943 | 1/1944 | sunk 19/8/1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
7000 |
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Displacement normal, t |
11910 |
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Length, m |
139.9 pp |
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Breadth, m |
19.0 |
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Draught, m |
7.04 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
10800 |
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Max speed, kts |
20.8 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 75/44 88-shiki, 20 x 1 - 13.2/76 |
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Military load |
20 Daihatsu landing craft |
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Complement |
Kibitsu Maru
Settsu Maru 1945
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 日向丸 <Hyuga Maru> | Hitachi, Innoshima | 1943 | 1944 | 11/1944 | sunk 30/5/1945 | |
| 吉備津丸 <Kibitsu Maru> | Hitachi, Innoshima | 1942 | 1943 | 12/1943 | sunk 7/8/1945 | |
| 攝津丸 <Settsu Maru> | Hitachi, Innoshima | 1943 | 1944 | 1/1945 | surrendered 8/1945, sold mercantile 1948 | |
| 時津丸 <Tokitsu Maru> | Hitachi, Innoshima | 10/1944 | 2/5/1946 | ---// 1947 | completed mercantile |
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Displacement standard, t |
8000 |
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Displacement full, t |
12000 |
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Length, m |
142.0 pp 152.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
19.6 |
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Draught, m |
7.00 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
geared steam turbines, 3 water-tube boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
10000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil |
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Armament |
8 x 1 - 75/44 88-shiki, up to 60 - 25/60 96-shiki |
|
Military load |
13 Daihatsu landing craft, 12 Toku-Daihatsu landing craft |
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Complement |
Takatsu Maru
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 高津丸 <Takatsu Maru> | Uraga, Tokyo | 1942 | 1943 | 1/1944 | sunk 10/11/1944 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
5000 |
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Displacement normal, t |
9500 |
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Length, m |
|
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Breadth, m |
|
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Draught, m |
|
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
geared steam turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
5000 |
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Max speed, kn |
17.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 75/44 88-shiki |
|
Military load |
20 Daihatsu landing craft |
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Complement |
Ship project history: Taking into account experience of service of landing ship Shinshu Maru, in 1942 at initiative of Army there have been begun works on conversion of some cargo vessels being in building to amphibious transports - landing craft carriers. Among themselves they differed as ways of landing craft transportation, and their launching. Onboard of Mayasan Maru class ships Daihatsus were stored on an upper deck and launched through special cuts in the stern. On Kibitsu Maru class landing crafts were transported in a special hangar on main deck and went down on railway lines through the stern hatch-gangway port. On Takatsu Maru landing crafts were stored on an upper deck and were handled by cranes.
Modernizations: None
Naval service: Tamatsu Maru was sunk 19/8/1944 by American submarine Spadefish off Luzon. Takatsu Maru was sunk 10/11/1944 by American aircraft in Ormock Bay. Mayasan Maru was sunk 17/11/1944 by American submarine Picuda in East China Sea. Hyuga Maru was lost on a mine 30/5/1945 off Hakata. Kibitsu Maru was lost on a mine 7/8/1945 near Kobe.
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