Hallfried (1922)

Later Names
Taijin Maru (1928)


Builder:
N.V. Werf Voorheen Rijkée & Company
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1922
Launched:
N/A
Type:
Freighter
Completed:
April 1922
Fate:
Sunk Feb. 20, 1944 (torpedo) by USS Pogy SS-266 (Lt. Commander Ralph M. Metcalf, USN)

Location: East China Sea, 22 miles southeast of Yonaguni Jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
(24.12N-123.15E)

Casualty figures not available.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (as built)
Length:
375'
Engines:
2 twelve cylinder, 4 stroke (b)
Beam:
51'
Boilers:
N/A (oil fueled)
Draft:
34' (depth)
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
5,247 (a)
HP:
563 NHP
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
10 knots
   
Notes
(a):
By 1935 registered at 5,155 tons.
(b):
By Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel, Amsterdam, Netherlands.


Owner
As built:
A/S D/S Hallfried
Bergen, Norway
1925:
D/S A/S Phoenix
Bergen, Norway
1928:
Shimomura Kisen K.K.
Fuchu, Japan
(Managed by Taiyo Kaiun K.K.)


Masters (information not available)


Ship's History (information not available)



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