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KAMIKAWA MARU

Kamikawa Maru was a seaplane tender in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The ship was initially built at Kawasaki's Kobe Shipyard and launched on 13 December 1936 as a merchant vessel for the Kawasaki Kisen K. K. Line. On 18 September 1937 the IJN requisitioned as an aircraft transport ship and was refitted in 1939 as a seaplane tender. The ship subsequently saw service in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Kamikawa Maru was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Scamp approximately 250 miles northwest of Kavieng, New Ireland on May 29, 1943.

Username	marekj655
Shipowner	Imperial Japanese Navy
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Type of ship	Auxiliary seaplane tender
Year of build and builder	1936 Kawasaki, Kobe Shipyard , Japan
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Added on	20/08/2013
Dimension	1324 x 456
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