Kongō Maru (1934)

	pre-war Kongō Maru
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kongō Maru
Namesake	Kongō
Owner	Kokusai Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha (1935-1941); Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1942);
Builder	Harima Shibuilding and Co., Japan
Laid down	22 February 1934
Launched	7 December 1934
Commissioned	5 March 1935
Stricken	20 March 1942
Fate	Sunk by US aircraft, 10 March 1942
General characteristics
Tonnage	7,043 GRT
Displacement	8,624 long tons (8,762 t)
Length	453.5 feet (138.2 m)
Beam	60.7 feet (18.5 m)
Draught	30.8 feet (9.4 m)
Propulsion	1 × Kawasaki MAN diesel engines; 9,048 shp (6,747 kW);
Speed	19.63 knots (22.59 mph; 36.35 km/h)
Complement	50
Armament	4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns,; 2 Type 93 13.2-mm machine guns; 2 × 4 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	1x Kawanishi E7K floatplane

Kongō Maru (金剛丸) was an 7,043 gross register ton passenger-cargo ship built by Harima Shipbuilding Company in Japan for Kokusai Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha in 1935. She was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War and converted to an armed merchant cruiser.

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