Rio de Janeiro Maru

Builder
Laid down
Launched
Completed
Formations
Notes
Mitsubishi Nagasaki;
Yard No=457;
16/05/1929
19/11/1929
15/05/1930
01/11/1941-10/07/1942=
Sub.Ron.5;Combined Fleet;

10/07/1942-15/09/1943=
South West Area Fleet;

15/05/1930-08/10/1940=
Passenger/Cargo Liner;Osaka Shosen KK;Osaka;
08/10/1940=Requisitioned by IJN;
01/11/1940=Auxiliary Transport Ship;
30/11/1940=Conversion to Auxiliary Transport Ship completed;
25/03/1941=Auxiliary Submarine Depot Ship;
07/05/1941=Conversion to Auxiliary Submarine Depot Ship completed;
15/09/1943-17/02/1944=Transport Ship;

CEO:
CO:
CO:Cpt.Murase Yoriharu [38]=
25/03/1941-07/05/1942;
CO:Cpt.Ohashi Tatsuo [40]=
07/05/1942-05/12/1943;
CO:Cpt.Kanemasu Yoshio [40]=
05/12/1943-17/02/1944;+KIA;

17/02/1944 Sunk=Truk;7*20'N;151*53'E;
Bombs,US.A/C.Task Force 58;
?Survivors;KIA;

31/03/1944=Removed from Navy List


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