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* She is named after the Port of Ootomari.
* She is named after the Port of Ootomari.
* She was launched on the 3rd of October 1921.
* She was launched on the 3rd of October 1921.
* 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.
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* 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.
==See Also==
==See Also==