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Japanese supply ship Mamiya

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display_title	Japanese supply ship Mamiya
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	IJN supply ship MAMIYA around 1930.jpg
image_caption	Mamiya in 1930
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	Empire of Japan
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name	Mamiya
namesake	Mamiya Strait
builder	Kawasaki Shipyards
laid_down	25 October 1922
launched	26 October 1923
completed	15 July 1924
decommissioned	10 February 1945
fate	Sunk, 21 December 1944
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Supply ship
displacement	15820 LT for standard
length	144.8 m overall
beam	18.59 m
draught	8.43 m
propulsion	*1 × reciprocating engine
power	10,000 shp
speed	19.2 kn
range	6000 nmi at 14 kn
complement	283
armament	*2 × 140 mm L/50 3rd Year Type guns
*2 × [[8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun	{{convert	76.2	mm	in	abbr	on}}]] L/40 3rd Year Type AA guns
armour	none

8 × boilers
1 shaft
2 × 76.2 mm L/40 3rd Year Type AA guns Mamiya was a food supply ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy which was in service from the 1920s to the Second World War.

Construction

Mamiya was originally meant to be an oil transporter but was instead outfitted to be a food supply ship. The Imperial Japanese Navy sent her to the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard where she was fitted with facilities for carrying enough food for 18,000 men over three weeks, and kitchens to produce large quantities of food including yōkan, manjū, tofu, and konyaku. A number of chefs and pastry chefs were employed aboard and she became part of the Combined Fleet.

Service in Pacific War

Already old by the outbreak of war, she continued to be part of the navy's supply operations in the Pacific. On 12 October 1943, she was damaged by the US Navy submarine near Chichi-jima, and on 6 May 1944, was again damaged by in the East China Sea. In both cases she was repaired and returned to service. The food supply ship was torpedoed and damaged in the South China Sea () by . She was torpedoed again and sunk () on 21 December by Sealion.

Books

The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.34 Japanese Auxiliary ships, Ushio Shobō (Japan), December 1979, Book code 68343-34
Collection of writings by Sizuo Fukui Vol.10, Stories of Japanese Support Vessels, Kōjinsha (Japan), December 1993,

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