Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi

Kamoi in 1937
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kamoi
Namesake	Cape Kamui
Builder	New York Shipbuilding
Laid down	14 September 1921
Launched	8 June 1922
Completed	12 September 1922
Commissioned	12 September 1922
Decommissioned	3 May 1947
In service	1922–1945
Reclassified	February 1933 (seaplane tender) 1939 (flying boat tender) 15 April 1944 (oiler)
Fate	Scrapped post war
Kamoi in 1920s
General characteristics as oiler (1922)
Displacement	17,000 long tons (17,273 t) standard
Length	148.89 m (488 ft 6 in) Lpp
Beam	20.42 m (67 ft 0 in)
Draught	8.53 m (28 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	1 × GE/Curtis turbine 2 × GE electrical generators 4 × Babcock & Wilcox oil/coal-fired boilers 2 shafts, 8,000 bhp (6,000 kW)
Speed	15.0 knots (27.8 km/h; 17.3 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Capacity	10,000 tons oil
Complement	181
Armament	2 × 140 mm (5.5 in) naval guns 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA guns
General characteristics as seaplane tender (1933)
Complement	324
Armament	2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA guns
Aircraft carried	22 × Nakajima E4N or 12 × Yokosuka E5Y
Aviation facilities	hangar
General characteristics as flying boat tender (1939)
Displacement	15,381 long tons (15,628 t) trial
Propulsion	1 × GE/Curtis turbine 2 × GE electrical generators 4 × Kampon boilers 2 shafts
Armament	2 × 140 mm (5.5 in) naval guns 1 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA gun 10 × 20 mm AA guns

Kamoi (神威, "Divine Authority") was an oiler/seaplane tender/flying boat tender of the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving from the 1920s through World War II. She was initially planned in 1920 as one of six of the oilers under the Eight-eight fleet final plan.