ship, grossLaunched at Kawanami Kōgyō-Fukabori Shipyard on 22 June 1944, completed on 16 July 1944, transportation duty in Japanese coastal waters between 1944–1945, enlisted by the Navy on 6 May 1945, armaments install started at Hitachi Zōsen-Innoshima on 9 May 1945, classified to auxiliary minelayer and assigned to the Escort Fleet on 7 July 1945, sunk by air raid at Innoshima on 28 July 1945, discharged on 22 May 1946. She was sunk before rebuilt. References Notes Books Ships of the World special issue Vol.47, Auxiliary Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy, , (Japan), March 1997 The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.42, "Japanese minelayers", (Japan), August 1980 Century of Hitachi Zōsen Corporation, Hitachi Zosen Corporation (Japan), March 1985 , Syllabus of Japanese merchant ships (1868–1945), Kaibundō (Japan), May 1976 External links Minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy World War II mine warfare vessels of Japan Ships built in Japan 1945 ships