Japanese seaplane tender Sanuki Maru
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Sanuki Maru (Japanese:讃岐丸) was a 1939-built cargo ship, requisitioned as a seaplane tender by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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Name | Sanuki Maru |
Namesake | Sanuki Province |
Owner | Nippon Yusen K.K. |
Port of registry | Tokyo, Japan |
Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering, Nagasaki |
Yard number | 724 |
Laid down | 29 August 1938 |
Launched | 8 February 1939 |
Completed | 1 May 1939 |
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Name | Sanuki Maru |
Acquired | requisitioned by Imperial Japanese Navy, 17 August 1941 |
Commissioned | 5 September 1942 |
Stricken | 10 March 1945 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Spadefish, 28 January 1945 |
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Type | seaplane tender |
Tonnage | 7,158 GRT (1939), 9,246 GRT (1941) 3,913 NRT (1939), 5,235 NRT (1941)[1] |
Length | 146.2 m (480 ft) (1939) 147.1 m (483 ft) (1941)[1] |
Beam | 19 m (62 ft 4 in)[2] |
Draught | 9.8 m (32 ft) (1939) 12.5 m (41 ft) (1941)[1] |
Propulsion | 2 Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts, 6,700 nhp[2] |
Speed | 20 knots[3] |
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