Japanese aircraft carrier Nigitsu Maru

History
Empire of Japan
Name	Nigitsu Maru
Builder	Harima, Harima
Completed	March 1943
Fate	Sunk by USS Hake, 12 January 1944
General characteristics
Type	Landing craft depot ship
Displacement	11,800 tons (standard)
Length	471 ft 7 in (5,659 in) (pp)
Beam	64 ft (20 m)
Draft	25 ft 9 in (7.85 m) (maximum)
Propulsion	4 boilers, driving 2 geared turbines; 7,500 shp (5,600 kW);
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Armament	2 × 1 Type 88 75 mm (3 in) AA guns; 10 × 1 Type 38 75 mm (3 in) field guns; 6 × 1 Type 25 mm (0.98 in) 96 AA guns;

Nigitsu Maru (にぎつ丸) was a Japanese landing craft depot ship operated by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). The vessel did not have a flight deck like her sister ship Akitsu Maru.

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