Nigitsu-Maru
Pure Amphibious Assault Ship - Nigitsu Maru was second ship of Akitsu Maru-class, Japan's purpose-built amphibious assault ships. 11,800 tons. Built 1942-1943. Differed from sister Akitsu Maru by lacking flight deck - pure landing craft carrier configuration. Carried 27 Daihatsu landing craft + 2,200 troops. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Hake 12 January 1944 off Okinawa. 574 killed.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 11800 t
- Displacement (full)
- 11800 t
- Length
- 471 ft
- Beam
- 65.6 ft
- Crew
- 150 (plus 80 military personnel)
- Ships built
- 1 (as part of Akitsu Maru-class pair)
- Commissioned
- 1943
- Decommissioned
- 1944 (sunk)
Performance
- Top speed
- 20 kn
- Range
- null
Armament
- Main guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 80.19
- Research cost
- 28,227
- Credit cost
- 56,133
Notable
- Second purpose-built amphibious assault ship
- Sister to Akitsu Maru but without flight deck
- Maximum landing craft capacity prioritized
- Pure amphibious assault configuration
- Influenced by Shinshu Maru experience