MS Awazisan Maru
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Awazisan Maru (淡路山丸), also known as Awajisan Maru or Awagisan Maru, was a motor cargo vessel built by Tama Zosensho of Tamano for Mitsui & Co. Ltd. with intention of serving on their Yokohama to New York route. The ship remained in service between Japan and United States for two years before being requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Army. She was bombed and damaged during her first Army mission and subsequently torpedoed and sunk by a Dutch submarine in December 1941.
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Awazisan Maru |
Owner | Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (1939–1941) |
Builder | Tama Zosensho |
Yard number | 245 |
Laid down | 29 March 1938 |
Launched | 22 December 1938 |
Completed | 15 July 1939 |
Maiden voyage | 31 August 1939 |
Homeport | Kobe |
Identification |
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Fate | Requisitioned by Imperial Japanese Army |
History | |
Empire of Japan | |
Name | Awazisan Maru |
Operator | Imperial Japanese Army |
Acquired | 10 September 1941 |
Identification | 882 |
Fate | Sunk, 12 December 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 482.9 ft (147.2 m) |
Beam | 64.0 ft (19.5 m) |
Depth | 40.7 ft (12.4 m) |
Installed power | 1,646 Nhp, 9,600 bhp |
Propulsion | Tama Zosensho 8-cylinder 2-stroke cycle double-acting diesel engine |
Speed | 18+1⁄2 knots (21.3 mph; 34.3 km/h) |
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