Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi
 Kamoi in 1937
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| Name | Kamoi |
| Namesake | Cape of Kamoi |
| 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) February 1933 (seaplane tender) 1939 (flying boat tender) 15 April 1944 (oiler) |
| 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × GE/Curtis turbine 2 × GE electrical generators 4 × B&W oil/coal fired boilers 2 shafts, 8,000 bhp |
| Speed | 15.0 knots (17.3 mph; 27.8 km/h) |
| Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) |
| Capacity | • 10,000 tons oil |
| Complement | 181 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 2 × 140 mm (5.5 in) naval guns • 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA guns |
| General characteristics as seaplane tender (1933) | |
| Complement | 324 |
| Armament | • 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA guns |
| Aircraft carried | list error: <br /> list (help) 22 × Nakajima E4N or 12 × Yokosuka E5Y |
| Aviation facilities | hangar |
| General characteristics as flying boat tender (1939) | |
| Displacement | 15,381 long tons (15,628 t) trial |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × GE/Curtis turbine 2 × GE electrical generators 4 × Kampon boilers 2 shafts |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 2 × 140 mm (5.5 in) naval guns • 1 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA gun • 10 × 20 mm AA guns |
The Kamoi (神威) was a oiler/seaplane tender/flying boat tender of the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving during the 1920s and the World War II. She was initially planned in 1920 as one of six of the oilers under the Eight-eight fleet final plan.
Service
- 12 September 1922: Completed. Classification to the Special service ship (Oiler).
- 27 September 1922: Sailed to Yokosuka.
- (after): Sailing to and from the Japanese mainland to North America, 25 times.
- End of 1932: Converted to seaplane tender for January 28 Incident at Uraga Dock Company.
- February 1933: Constructions were completed, and assigned to the Combined Fleet.
- 1 June 1934: Classification to the Warship (Seaplane tender).
- 1 June 1936: She was assigned to the 3rd Carrier Division.
- In 1939: Started overhaul and added flying boat tender facilities.
- 15 November 1940: She was assigned to the 24th Air Division.
- 1 December 1941: The 24th Air Division was assigned to the 4th Fleet.
- January 1942: Support to the Rabaul and Kavieng invasions.
- 1 April 1942: The 24th Air Division was assigned to the 11th Air Fleet.
- 1 April 1943: She was assigned to the 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet, Southwest Area Fleet.
- 28 January 1944: Sustained heavy damaged in an attack by USS Bowfin off Makassar.
- (after): Repairs were started and removed aviation facilities at Singapore.
- 15 April 1944: Classification to the Special service ship (Oiler).
- 29 August 1944: Repairs were completed.
- 24 September 1944 : Slightly damaged by aircraft of Task Force 38 at Coron Bay.
- 27 September 1944: Sustained heavy damaged in an attack by USN submarine at outside of Manila Bay.
- (after): Repairs were started at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal.
- 31 December 1944: Repairs were completed and entry to the Hi-87 Convoy (from Moji to Singapore).
- 16 January 1945: Heavy damaged by air raid at Hong Kong. She was separated from convoy.
Fate
- 5 April 1945 : Burned by air raid, later sank in shallow water.
- 3 May 1947 : Decommissioned.
Commanding Officers
- Chief Equipping Officer
| Rank | Name | Date | Note | ||
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| 1 | Captain | Sadajirō Murase | 1 December 1921 |
- Commanding Officer
| Rank | Name | Date | Note | ||
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| 1 | Captain | Sadajirō Murase | 12 September 1922 | ||
| 2 | Captain | Tomonobu Nakayama | 20 January 1923 | ||
| 3 | Commander | Sakae Hirayama | 20 October 1923 | ||
| 4 | Captain | Kiyoshi Anno | 9 May 1925 | ||
| 5 | Captain | Heiji Takagi | 30 October 1925 | ||
| 6 | Captain | Risaburō Matsui | 20 May 1926 | ||
| 7 | Captain | Shingo Ishikawa | 1 November 1926 | ||
| 8 | Captain | Shinji Kohiyama | 25 June 1927 | ||
| 9 | Captain | Tsugiharu Fujioka | 1 December 1927 | ||
| 10 | Captain | Masao Shibayama | 24 December 1928 | ||
| 11 | Commander | Shinpei Sugiura | 1 December 1930 | ||
| 12 | Commander | Genzō Honda | 1 April 1931 | ||
| 13 | Captain | Rinsaburō Hōjō | 25 January 1932 | ||
| 14 | Captain | Mutsukichi Takeda | 15 November 1932 | ||
| 15 | Captain | Kōkichi Terada | 1 June 1933 | ||
| 16 | Captain | Masami Niwa | 15 November 1934 | ||
| 17 | Captain | Kikuji Okuda | 15 November 1935 | ||
| 18 | Captain | Sanae Kōsaka | 2 November 1936 | ||
| 19 | Captain | Sanji Iwabuchi | 22 March 1938 | ||
| 20 | Captain | Chiaki Matsuda | 25 August 1938 | ||
| 21 | Captain | Tomoichi Mori | 14 January 1939 | ||
| 22 | Captain | Aiji Hashimoto | 20 July 1939 | ||
| 23 | Captain | Katsuji Hattori | 15 Npvember 1939 | ||
| 24 | Captain | Tamotsu Furukawa | 15 November 1940 | ||
| 25 | Captain | Noritaka Itō | 1 July 1941 | ||
| 26 | Captain | Kizō Hasebe | 20 August 1941 | ||
| 27 | Captain | Sukeichi Yamasaki | 7 August 1942 | ||
| 28 | Captain | Takio Shimizu | 3 May 1943 | ||
| 29 | Captain | Yoshinori Fujimaki | 5 December 1944 |
See also
- Barnegat class seaplane tender
- Currituck class seaplane tender
- Japanese seaplane tender Notoro
- Japanese seaplane tender Akitsushima
Bibliography
- Model Art Extra No.537, Drawings of Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels Part-3, "Model Art Co. Ltd". (Japan), May 1999
- Collection of writings by Sizuo Fukui Vol.7, Stories of Japanese Aircraft Carriers, "Kōjinsha". (Japan), August 1996, ISBN 4-7689-0655-8
- Ships of the World special issue Vol.40, History of Japanese Aircraft Carriers, "Kaijinsha"., (Japan), May 1994
- Shinshichirō Komamiya, The Wartime Convoy Histories, "Shuppan Kyōdōsha"., (Japan), October 1987, ISBN 4-87970-047-9
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.25 Japanese seaplane tenders, "Ushio Shobō". (Japan), March 1979