Kongō Maru-class armed merchantmen

The Kongō Maru-class armed merchant cruiser was a class of two armed merchant cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Kyosumi Maru
Class overview
Name: Akagi Maru-class auxiliary cruiser
Builders: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard
Operators:  Imperial Japanese Navy
Built: 1934–1935
In service: 1935–1944
In commission: 1941–1944
Completed: 2
Lost: 2
Retired: 0
General characteristics
Type: Armed merchantmen
Displacement: 7,389 tonnes (7,272 long tons)
Length: 139 m (456 ft 0 in)
Beam: 18.6 m (61 ft 0 in)
Draft: 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: 1 x Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesel engine (7600-9000hp)
Speed: 19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h)
Range: unknown
Complement: 50
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1×Kawanishi E7K floatplane

Background

The Kongō Maru-class vessels Kongō Maru and Kiyosumi Maru were originally built by IHI Corporation at Kawasaki shipyard in Kobe as combined cargo-passenger ships. They were converted to "auxiliary cruiser" role in September–December 1941 (and therefore armed). The civilian class was named Kiyosumi Maru class (1934-1935) and consisted of: 淸澄丸 Kiyosumi Maru (finished 5 October 1934) 金剛丸 Kongō Maru (finished 4 March 1935)

The ships Kashii Maru, Kagu Maru and Kinugasa Maru from the 1936 civilian Kinugasa class[1] were converted to seaplane tenders, forming the Kashii Maru-class. The three vessels of the Kashii Maru class (former civilian Kinugasa Maru class): 衣笠丸 Kinugasa Maru (finished 28 February 1936) 香久丸 Kagu Maru (finished 18 April 1936) 香椎丸 Kashii Maru (finished 18 April 1936)

Design

The original designs featured unusually high speed for a cargo ship (16-19 knots), as well as 6 luxury rooms for 2 occupants each.

List of Ships

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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