Muroto-class collier

	Muroto in 1932
Class overview
Name	Muroto-class collier
Builders	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Built	1918 – 1919
In commission	1918 – 1944
Planned	2
Completed	2
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Collier
Displacement	8,215 long tons (8,347 t) standard; 8,750 long tons (8,890 t) standing;
Length	105.16 m (345 ft 0 in) Lpp
Beam	15.24 m (50 ft 0 in)
Draught	7.06 m (23 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	1 × three expansion stages reciprocating engine; 2 × scotch boilers; single shaft, 2,500 shp; 1930; 3 × Miyahara model water tube boilers;
Speed	12.5 knots (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h); 1930; 14.0 knots (16.1 mph; 25.9 km/h);
Capacity	6,000 tons coal
Complement	124
Armament	1918; 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/45 naval guns; 1932; 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 AA guns;

The Muroto-class colliers (室戸型給炭艦,, Muroto-gata Kyūtankan) were a class of collier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving from roughly the end of World War I into World War II. Two vessels were built in 1918-19 under the Eight-four fleet plan.

Class overview
Muroto in 1932
Name	Muroto-class collier
Builders	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Built	1918 – 1919
In commission	1918 – 1944
Planned	2
Completed	2
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Collier
Displacement	8,215 long tons (8,347 t) standard 8,750 long tons (8,890 t) standing
Length	105.16 m (345 ft 0 in) Lpp
Beam	15.24 m (50 ft 0 in)
Draught	7.06 m (23 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	1 × three expansion stages reciprocating engine 2 × scotch boilers single shaft, 2,500 shp 1930 3 × Miyahara model water tube boilers
Speed	12.5 knots (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h) 1930 14.0 knots (16.1 mph; 25.9 km/h)
Capacity	6,000 tons coal
Complement	124
Armament	1918 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/45 naval guns 1932 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 AA guns