Kamoi was completed 12 September 1922, and classified as a special service ship (Oiler).
Converted to seaplane tender at Tokyo 1932-33. On 28 January 1944, Kamoi sustained heavy damaged in an attack by USS Bowfin off Makassar. During the resulting repairs in Singapore, her aviation facilities were removed. As such, she was reclassified as a special service ship (oiler). On 16 January 1945, she was heavily damaged in an air raid on Hong Kong. She was separated from the convoy at this time. On 5 April 1945, with repairs still incomplete, she was once again damaged by air raid, later sinking in shallow water. 1946 raised and scrapped. |
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