Mamiya in 1930 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Mamiya |
| Builder: | Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard |
| Laid down: | 25 October 1922 |
| Launched: | 26 October 1923 |
| Completed: | 15 July 1924 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 February 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk 20 December 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 15,820 long tons (16,074 t) for standard |
| Length: | 144.8 m (475 ft 1 in) overall |
| Beam: | 18.59 m (61 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 8.43 m (27 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power: | 10,000 shp |
| Propulsion: | 1 x reciprocating engine 8 x boilers 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 19.2 knots (22.1 mph; 35.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 283 |
| Armament: |
2 x 140 mm (5.5 in) L/50 3rd Year Type guns |
| Armour: | none |
The Mamiya (間宮) was a food supply ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy which was in service from the 1920s to the Second World War.
The Mamiya was originally meant to be an oil transporter but was instead out-fitted to be a food supply ship. The navy sent her to the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard where she was fitted with facilities for carrying enough food for 18,000 men over three weeks, and kitchens to produce large quantities of food including Yōkan, Manjū, Tofu, Konjac. A number of chefs and pastry chefs were employed aboard and she became part of the Combined Fleet.
Already old by the outbreak of war, she continued to be part of the navy's operations in the Pacific. On 12 October 1943, she was damaged by the US Navy submarine USS Cero near Chichi-jima, and on 6 May 1944, was again damaged by USS Spearfish in the East China Sea. In both cases she was repaired and returned to service. She was finally sunk by the USS Sealion on 20 December 1944 in the South China Sea at .
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