Japanese aircraft carrier Kumano Maru

	Aerial view of disarmed Kumano Maru, 1945
Class overview
Operators	Imperial Japanese Army
Preceded by	Japanese aircraft carrier Akitsu Maru
Succeeded by	None
Built	1944–1947
Planned	2
Completed	1
Scrapped	2
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kumano Maru
Builder	Hitachi Shipbuilding, Innoshima
Laid down	15 August 1944
Launched	28 January 1945
Completed	31 March 1945
In service	1945–1947
Captured	15 August 1945
Fate	Scrapped, 4 November 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Kumano Maru-class aircraft carrier
Type	Aircraft carrier/landing craft carrier
Displacement	8,128 t (8,000 long tons) (standard)
Length	152 m (498 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Beam	19.58 m (64 ft 3 in)
Draught	6.95 m (23 ft) (deep load)
Installed power	3 × water-tube boilers; 10,000 shp (7,500 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	19 or 20 knots (35 or 37 km/h; 22 or 23 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement	107; 1,664 (including troops);
Armament	8 × single 75 mm (3 in) AA guns; 6 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) or 25 mm (1 in) AA guns; 2 × single 150 mm (5.9 in) anti-submarine mortars;
Aircraft carried	8
Aviation facilities	Arresting gear

Kumano Maru (熊野丸) was a landing craft carrier with a full-length flight deck built for the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. Completed in early 1945, fuel shortages meant that the ship never became operational during the war. She was turned over to the Allies at Kure when Japan surrendered later that year. Before beginning to repatriate Japanese troops home, Kumano Maru was disarmed and modified to facilitate that mission. The ship continued to do so until she was sold for scrap in 1947.

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