Takasago Maru
Takasago Maru underway in 1937 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 9 June 1936 |
| Launched | 1 December 1936 |
| Completed | 28 April 1937 |
| Commissioned | 28 April 1937 |
| Decommissioned | 23 March 1956 |
| Reclassified | 1 December 1941 |
| Refit | 20 December 1941 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1956 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo liner |
| Tonnage | 9,315 GRT |
| Length | 142.09 m (466 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 18.50 m (60 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 7.524 m (24 ft 8.2 in) |
| Depth | 11.60 m (38 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 12,641 hp (9,426 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15.34–20.15 knots (28.41–37.32 km/h; 17.65–23.19 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 x life boats |
| Capacity | 901–958 passengers |
Takasago Maru was a passenger-cargo liner of OSK Line which later transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy as a hospital ship.