Hikawa-Maru-Class
Elegant Liner Class - Hikawa Maru-class were luxury passenger liners converted to hospital ships and transports during WWII. 3 ships (1930-1931). 11,622 GRT. Originally Seattle-Yokohama route. Hikawa Maru served entire war as hospital ship. Only one survived war - now museum ship in Yokohama.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 11622 t
- Displacement (full)
- 11622 t
- Length
- 535.8 ft
- Beam
- 65.9 ft
- Crew
- 320 (peacetime civilian), 150 (hospital ship)
- Ships built
- 3
- Commissioned
- 1930-1931 (civilian), 1941 (military service)
- Decommissioned
- 1945-1960
Performance
- Top speed
- 18.38 kn
- Range
- 13000 at 16 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- None (hospital ships - Geneva Convention)
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 77.73
- Research cost
- 27,361
- Credit cost
- 54,411
Notable
- First Japanese motor-driven hospital ships in WWII
- Luxury liner to military conversion
- Only Hikawa Maru survived war intact
- First museum ship preserved in Japan (1961)