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Tokusetsu Fusetsukan
About Tokusetsu-fusetsukan
The IJN called converted minelayers "Tokusetsu-fusetsukan". Their task was to lay mines. Nine merchant ships were designated as Tokusetsu-fusetsukan between 1937 and 1945, but the outfit works of "Koryu Maru" was not completed before the end of the war.
Data of Tokusetsu-fusetsukan
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History of Tokusetsu-fusetsukan
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Nichiyu Maru
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Shinko Maru
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Koei Maru
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Tatsuharu Maru
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Tatsumiya Maru
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Tenyo Maru
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Mogamigawa Maru
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Eijo Maru
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Koryu Maru
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Photo Source:
- Nichiyu Maru: All Japan Seamen's Union. Sembotsusen Shashinshu. 2001
- Shinko Maru: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Shinzosen shashinshi. 1981
- Koei Maru: Japanese Cargo Ships in Retrospect No.30, Ships of the World. Kaijinsha Feb 1999
- Tatsuharu Maru: Shin Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries, Ltd. Shin Mitsubishi Kobe Zosensho 50 nenshi. 1957
- Tatsumiya Maru: Japanese Cargo Ships in Retrospect No.44, Ships of the World. Kaijinsha Apr 2000
- Tenyo Maru: Mitsubishi Shipbuiding & Eng. Co., Ltd. Shosen Kenzo no Ayumi. 1959
- Mogamigawa Maru: Japanese Cargo Ships in Retrospect No.27, Ships of the World. Kaijinsha Nov 1998
- Eijo Maru: S. Fukui. Shashin Nippon Kaigun Zenkanteishi. KK Bestsellers 1994
- Koryu Maru: Hitachi Zosen Corporation. Hitachi Zosen 100 nenshi 1985
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