Yasukuni Maru
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Yasukuni Maru (靖国丸) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The ship was launched in 1930 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, on the southern island of Kyūshū, Japan, entering service in 1930. The ship was named for the Yasukuni Shrine, a famous Shinto shrine dedicated to the war dead of Japan, located in Tokyo.[1]
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Japan | |
Name | Yasukuni Maru |
Operator | Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Nagasaki, Japan |
Yard number | 468 |
Laid down | 22 April 1929 |
Launched | 15 February 1930 |
Completed | 31 August 1930 |
In service | 1930 |
Out of service | 31 January 1944 |
Stricken | 10 March 1944 |
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Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Trigger, 31 January 1944 |
Stricken | 10 March 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Terukuni Maru class ocean liner |
Tonnage | 11,933 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 153.92 m (505.0 ft)pp |
Beam | 19.51 m (64.0 ft) |
Draught | 11.28 m (37.0 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesel engines, 14,368 hp (10,714 kW) |
Speed | 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
Capacity | 249 (121 first class, 68 second class, 60 third class) |
Crew | 177 |
Notes | Steel construction |
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