Japanese supply ship Irako

	Irako in 1944
Class overview
Name	Irako-class food supply ship
Builders	Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Mamiya
Cost	4,000,000 JPY as Irako ; 17,378,000 JPY as Kusumi ;
Built	1940–1941
In commission	1941–1944
Planned	1 (1937) + 1 (1942)
Completed	1
Cancelled	1
Lost	1
General characteristics
Displacement	9,570 long tons (9,724 t) standard; 11,100 long tons (11,278 t) trial;
Length	145.0 m (475 ft 9 in) overall; 143.5 m (470 ft 10 in) waterline;
Beam	19.0 m (62 ft 4 in)
Draught	6.05 m (19 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 × Kampon turbines; 6 × Kampon boilers; 2 shafts, 8,300 shp;
Speed	17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h)
Complement	361
Armament	4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/45 10th Year Type AA guns; 10 × Type 96 25mm AA guns; some depth charges;
Armour	none

Irako (伊良湖) was a Japanese food supply ship that served during the Second World War. Constructed for the transport of food-stuffs, Irako was eventually commissioned for other roles, including troop transport, munitions transport, and Pacific survey missions. The crew of Irako is honored, along with many other seamen, in Tokyo, Japan.

The ship was named for Cape Irago, at the tip of Atsumi Peninsula in Aichi prefecture.

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