O.S.K. Lines Hōkoku Maru in 1940 |
| Class overview |
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| Name | Hōkoku Maru class ocean liner |
| Builders | |
| Operators | |
| Built | 1938 – 1942 |
| In commission | 1940 – 1944 |
| Planned | 3 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 3 |
| General characteristics |
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| Type | Ocean liner |
| Displacement | 7,410 long tons (7,529 t) gross |
| Length | 160.8 m (527 ft 7 in) overall |
| Beam | 20.1 m (65 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion |
- 2 × Mitsui-B&W Model 12-62 VF-115 diesels, 2 shafts
- cruising: 13,000 bhp
- full boost: 19,427 bhp
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| Speed |
- Hokoku Maru
- 21.1 knots (24.3 mph; 39.1 km/h)
- Aikoku Maru
- 20.9 knots (24.1 mph; 38.7 km/h)
- Gokoku Maru
- 20.6 knots (23.7 mph; 38.2 km/h)
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| Capacity |
- 400 passengers (48 first class, 48 special-third class, 304 third class)
- 12,000 cubic meters freight
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| Crew | 150 |
| Armament |
- Hōkoku Maru in October 1941
- 8 × 150 mm (5.9 in) L/40 naval guns
- 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 AA guns
- 4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
- Aikoku Maru in March 1942
- 8 × 140 mm L/50 naval guns
- 4 × 25 mm AA guns
- 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
- Gokoku Maru as built
- 8 × 150 mm L/40 naval guns
- 4 × 13 mm AA guns
- 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
- Gokoku Maru in 1944
- 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/40 AA guns
- 4 × 25 mm AA guns
- 4 × 13 mm AA guns
- 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns
- 6 × depth charges
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| Aircraft carried |
- Hōkoku Maru and Aikoku Maru in 1941
- 2 × Kawanishi E7K
- Hōkoku Maru and Aikoku Maru in August 1942
- 2 × Aichi E13A
- Gokoku Maru as built
- 1 × Aichi E13A
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The Hōkoku Maru-class ocean liner (報國丸型貨客船,, Hōkoku Maru-gata Kakyakusen) was a class of ocean liners of Japan, serving during 1940 and World War II.
