| Career (Japan) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kiyokawa Maru |
| Builder: | Kawasaki, Kōbe Shipyard |
| Laid down: | October 21, 1936 |
| Launched: | February 16, 1937 |
| Acquired: | September 28, 1941 |
| Commissioned: | October 5, 1941 |
| Out of service: | July 20, 1945 |
| Struck: | August 10, 1946 |
| Fate: | Bombed and heavily damaged by aircraft of Task Force 38 and is beached, capsizes and sinks later during heavy weather. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kamikawa Class |
| Displacement: | 6, 863 tons standard |
| Length: | 479 feet |
| Beam: | 62 feet |
| Draft: | 30 feet td> |
| Propulsion: | 1 Kawasaki-M. A. N. diesel, 1 shaft, 7, 600 shp |
| Speed: | 28 knots |
| Armament: | 2 x 5.9-inch, 2 x 25mm AA, 2 x 13mm MG |
| Aircraft carried: | 12 seaplanes (24 stored) |
| Aviation facilities: | Two catapults, cranes |
Kiyokawa Maru (聖川丸) was a seaplane tender in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The ship was built at Kawasaki's Kōbe Shipyard and launched on 13 December 1936 as a merchant vessel for the Kawasaki Kisen K. K. Line. Kyokawa Maru was involved in a collision with the small train ferry Uko Maru No. 1 on 19 August 1937 in the Seto Inland Sea, southwest of Nakanose. Requisitioned by the IJN on 28 September 1941 and was refitted as a seaplane tender. The ship subsequently saw service in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Kiyokawa Maru was attacked by aircraft from Task Force 38 on 20 July 1945 and is hit by bombs and heavily damaged and is beached off Shida beach north of Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi to avoid sinking. On 22 November 1945 during heavy weather, Kiyokawa Maru capsizes and sinks.