Hikawa Maru-class ocean liner

Hikawa Maru on 22 March 1930
Class overview
NameHikawa Maru class ocean liners
Builders
Operators
Cost
  • Hikawa Maru and Hie Maru
  • 6,550,000 JPY
  • Heian Maru
  • 6,650,000 JPY
Built1928 – 1930
In commission1930 – 1960
Planned3
Completed3
Lost2
Retired1
Preserved1
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage
  • Hikawa Maru 11,622 grt
  • Hie Maru 11,621 grt
  • Heian Maru11,615 grt
Length163.3 m (535 ft 9 in) overall
Beam20.1 m (65 ft 11 in)
Draught12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × B&W-Ikegai diesels
  • 2 shafts
  • Hikawa Maru
  • 11,000 bhp
  • Hie Maru
  • 13,122 bhp
  • Heian Maru
  • 13,404 bhp
Speed
  • Hikawa Maru
  • 18.2 knots (20.9 mph; 33.7 km/h)
  • Hie Maru
  • 18.5 knots (21.3 mph; 34.3 km/h)
  • Heian Maru
  • 18.4 knots (21.2 mph; 34.1 km/h)
Capacity
  • Hikawa Maru and Hie Maru
  • 331 passengers (76 first class, 69 tourist class, 186 third class)
  • Heian Maru
  • 330 passengers (76 first class, 69 tourist class, 185 third class)
Crew130
Armament
  • Hie Maru and Heian Maru, 1942 [1]
  • 4 × 150 mm (5.9 in) L/40 naval guns
  • 4 × 13 mm AA guns

The Hikawa Maru-class ocean liner (氷川丸型貨客船, Hikawa Maru-gata Kakyakusen) was a class of ocean liners of Japan, serving during the 1930s, and after World War II.

  1. ^ These contents by the official documents of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Their armaments does not become clear. The Hie Maru photograph was not left.