Nitta Maru-class cargo liner
Nitta Maru in passenger service, 1940 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Nitta Maru class ocean liners |
| Builders | Mitsubishi's Nagasaki shipyard |
| Operators |
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| Preceded by | Kashiwara Maru class (Hiyō class) |
| Built | 1938 – 1941 |
| In service | 1939 – 1944 |
| In commission | 1939 – 1941 (as liners) |
| Planned | 3 |
| Building | 3 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Active | 3 |
| Lost | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 17,163 GRT |
| Length | 170 m (557 ft 9 in) overall |
| Beam | 22.5 m (73 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | 25,200 shaft horsepower (18,800 kW) using 1 propeller shaft & 4 water-tube boilers |
| Speed | 19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h) |
| Capacity | 285 passengers (127 first class, 88 second, and 70 third) |
| Crew | 130 |
The Nitta Maru-class ocean liner (新田丸級貨客船, Nitta Maru-kyū Kakyakusen) was a class of ocean liners of Japan, serving briefly during the late 1930s up to the beginning of World War II, being converted as the Taiyō-class escort carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.