Takasago Maru
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For the 1880s era warship protected cruiser, see Japanese cruiser Takasago.
Takasago Maru was a passenger-cargo liner of OSK Line which later transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy as a hospital ship.[1]
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Takasago Maru underway in 1937 | |
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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) |
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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 |
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