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Kinkasan Maru (1911) |
Builder: |
Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd. Middlesbrough, England |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
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Year Built: |
1911 |
Launched: |
April 29, 1911 |
Type: |
Freighter |
Completed: |
July 1911 |
Fate: |
Sunk Oct. 1, 1943 (torpedo) by USS Peto SS-265 (Commander William Thackeray Nelson, USN) Location: North Pacific, 522 miles north of Wewak, Papua New Guinea. (04.01N-143.47E) Casualties not available. |
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Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (as built) |
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Length: |
380' |
Engines: |
3 cylinder triple expansion (b) |
Beam: |
53' 5" |
Boilers: |
3 single ended |
Draft: |
27' 2" (depth) |
Shafts: |
1 |
Gross Tons: |
5,361 (a) |
HP: |
417 (nhp) |
DWT: |
N/A |
Speed: |
9.5 knots |
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By 1941 registered at 4,981 gross tons. |
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By Blair & Company Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees, England. |
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Owner |
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As built: |
Mitsui Bussan K.K. Miike, Japan (Later registered in Tokyo) |
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Ship's History (information not available) |
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Page published June 22, 2020 |