Japanese landing craft carrier Nigitsu Maru

History
Empire of Japan
Name	Nigitsu Maru
Builder	Harima, Harima[1]
Completed	March 1943
Fate	Sunk 12 January 1944
General characteristics
Type	Landing craft depot ship
Displacement	11,800 tons (standard)[1]
Length	471 ft 7 in (5,659 in) (pp)[1]
Beam	64 ft (20 m)[1]
Draft	25 ft 9 in (7.85 m) (maximum)[1]
Propulsion	4 boilers, driving 2 geared turbines 7,500 shp (5,600 kW)[1]
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)[1]
Armament	2 × 1 Type 88 75 mm (3 in) AA guns 10 × 1 Type 38 75 mm (3 in) field guns 6 × 1 Type 25 mm (0.98 in) 96 AA guns

Nigitsu Maru (にぎつ丸) was a Japanese "Type C" landing craft depot ship operated by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). The vessel did not have a flight deck like Akitsu Maru of the same type.^[2]