Kamoi in 1937
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History | |
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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 |
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Fate | Scrapped post war |
Kamoi in 1920s
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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 |
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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 |
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General characteristics as seaplane tender (1933) | |
Complement | 324 |
Armament | 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA guns |
Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities | hangar |
General characteristics as flying boat tender (1939) | |
Displacement | 15,381 long tons (15,628 t) trial |
Propulsion |
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Armament |
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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.