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The Kamikawa Maru was one of nine merchant ships converted into seaplane carriers between 1937 and 1942. Each tender was equipped with two catapults on their aft well deck and carried eight aircraft. The ships were equipped on their bow and stern with single 6in guns and AA guns, 2 13.2mm, by their bridges.

Built at Kawasaki's Kōbe Shipyard and launched on 13 December 1936 as a merchant vessel for the Kawasaki Kisen K. K. Line. On 18 September 1937 the IJN requisitioned it as an aircraft transport ship and it was refitted in 1939 as a seaplane tender. The ship subsequently saw service in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Kamikawa Maruwas torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Scamp approximately 250 miles northwest of Kavieng, New Ireland on May 29, 1943.

This waterline kit (No. AOS009741) is slated for a January 2015 release and is listed at the Dragon USA on-line retail site.