Kamikawa Maru-class seaplane tender

	Kamikawa Maru
Class overview
Name	Kamikawa Maru-class Cargo ship
Builders	Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
Operators	Kawasaki Line; Imperial Japanese Navy; Imperial Japanese Army; Kōbe Line;
Built	1936–1940
In commission	1937–1969
Planned	5
Completed	5
Lost	4
Retired	1 (Kiyokawa Maru)
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship/Seaplane tender
Displacement	6,853 to 6,872 long tons (6,963 to 6,982 t) gross
Length	145.0 m (475 ft 9 in) Lpp; 146.15 m (479 ft 6 in) waterline;
Beam	19.0 m (62 ft 4 in)
Draught	8.23 m (27 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Kamikawa Maru; 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D7Z-70/120T diesel; single shaft, 9,137 bhp; Kiyokawa Maru; 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D7Z-70/120T diesel; single shaft, 8,810 bhp; Kimikawa Maru; 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D7Z-70/120T diesel; single shaft, 8,867 bhp; Kunikawa Maru; 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D7Z-70/120T diesel; single shaft, 8,880 bhp; Hirokawa Maru; 1 × MAN-Kawasaki D8Z-70/120T diesel, single shaft, 9,980 bhp;
Speed	Kamikawa Maru and Kiyokawa Maru; 19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h); Kimikawa Maru and Kunikawa Maru; 19.4 knots (22.3 mph; 35.9 km/h); Hirokawa Maru; 19.2 knots (22.1 mph; 35.6 km/h);
Capacity	650,000 cu ft (18,000 m3) freight as cargo ship
Crew	65 as cargo ship
Armament	Kamikawa Maru, 1937; 2 × 4.7 in (120 mm)/45 AA guns; 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns; Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru and Kunikawa Maru, 1941; 2 × 150 mm (5.9 in) L/40 naval guns; 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/23.5 AA guns; 4 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns; 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns; Hirokawa Maru, 1941; 6 × Type 88 75 mm AA guns; 4 × Type 98 20 mm AA guns;
Aircraft carried	Kamikawa Maru, Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru and Kunikawa Maru; up to 12 float plane;
Aviation facilities	Kamikawa Maru, Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru and Kunikawa Maru; catapult and deck;

The Kamikawa Maru-class cargo ship (神川丸型貨物船, Kamikawa Maru-gata Kamotsusen) was a type of cargo ship of Japan, serving during the 1930s and World War II. Four of the five ships of the class were converted to seaplane tenders during the war.

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