Japanese landing craft carrier Nigitsu Maru

	Nigitsu Maru, by Ueda Kihachiro
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Nigitsu Maru
Builder	Harima, Harima
Completed	March 1943
Fate	Sunk 12 January 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	Type A Special Purpose Ship
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 "Type A" landing craft carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).

It was initially planned as a "Type C" landing craft carrier like Akitsu Maru, but was replanned as a "Type A", without any flight deck and looking like a passenger ship.