- Muroto class collier
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Muroto in 1932Class overview Name: Muroto class collier Builders: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Operators: 
Imperial Japanese NavyBuilt: 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) stadingLength: 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 boilersSpeed: 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 gunsThe Muroto class collier (室戸型給炭艦, Muroto-gata Kyūtankan) was a class of collier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during the 1910s and the World War II. 2 vessels were built in 1918-19 under the Eight-four fleet plan.
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Background
- In 1917, the World War I be stagnant. The war that continued for a long time let a rise of the shipping and shortage of merchant ships.
- The IJN commissioned the coal transportation duty to the steamship companies. However, it was very large amount of money. The IJN decided to build new colliers under the Eight-four fleet plan.
- Their design was ordinary, because the IJN did not impose a special duty on them.
Service
- In 1920s, they engaged in coal transportation duties.
- In February 1932, the Muroto was removed the coal hold, and added the hospital ship facilities.
- In World War II, the value of coal as fuel fell. They engaged in the goods/troop transportation duties.
Ships in class
Ship Builder Laid down Launched Completed Fate Amami Ōshima 29°10′N 129°44′E / 29.167°N 129.733°E on 22 October 1944. Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 3 March 1943. Bibliography
- Ships of the World special issue Vol.47, Auxiliary Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy, "Kaijinsha". http://www.ships-net.co.jp/., (Japan), March 1997
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.34 Japanese Auxiliary ships, "Ushio Shobō". http://www.kojinsha.co.jp/. (Japan), December 1979
Nojima in 1935
Japanese auxiliary ship classes of World War IICargo ships Colliers and Oilers Ōtomari S
Landing ships No.1 · No.101 · Shinshū Maru S (Army) · SS (Army)
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Minesweepers No.1 (1923) · No.5 (1928) · No.13 · No.17 · No.7 (1938) · No.19 · No.101 (ex-HMS Taitam and Waglan) C · Aux. No.1 · Aux. No.101 (ex-HNLMS DEFG class) · Aux. No.104 (ex-HNLMS DEFG class)
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