* Originally designed as a Kamoi-class Oiler. The failure of Japan to dispatch ships capable of breaking through the ice to rescue their citizens during the Nikolayevsk Incident caused her redesign as an Ice Breaker.
+
* Japan had no prior experience in constructing Ice Breakers as such they relied on observing designs from other nations particularly Soviet Russia and ultimately she was based after Dobrynya Nikitich.
;Update History
;Update History
Line 77:
Line 79:
;Misc
;Misc
+
* Was assigned to the Ōminato Guard District and took northern patrol duties in the regions of Sakhalin, Kuril Islands and Sea of Okhotsk
* Survived World War II.
* Survived World War II.
+
* Was initially planned to be a repatriation ship but her boilers were no longer usable; in fact, she was heading for Youkosuka for maintenance but the war ended and plans were stopped.