Japanese seaplane tender Kimikawa Maru
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Kimikawa Maru was a seaplane tender
of the Imperial Japanese Navy
. The ship was built by the Kawasaki Dockyard Co. at Kobe as a cargo ship for a civilian ship company. In July 1941 the ship was taken-over by the IJN and converted into an auxiliary seaplane tender. She was able to operate 6 Aichi E13A
"Jake" floatplanes. On 23 October 1944 she was sunk by USS Sawfish
at 18°58′S 118°40′E.
Seaplane tender
A seaplane tender is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.-History:...
of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
. The ship was built by the Kawasaki Dockyard Co. at Kobe as a cargo ship for a civilian ship company. In July 1941 the ship was taken-over by the IJN and converted into an auxiliary seaplane tender. She was able to operate 6 Aichi E13A
Aichi E13A
-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Dorr, Robert E. and Chris Bishop. Vietnam Air War Debrief. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1996. ISBN 1-874023-78-6....
"Jake" floatplanes. On 23 October 1944 she was sunk by USS Sawfish
USS Sawfish (SS-276)
USS Sawfish , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sawfish, a viviparous ray which has a long flat snout with a row of toothlike structures along each edge...
at 18°58′S 118°40′E.