Osaka Maru (1922)

Builder:
Yokohama Dock Company Ltd.
Yokohama, Japan
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1922
Launched:
N/A
Type:
Freighter
Completed:
July 20, 1922
Fate:
Sunk May 25, 1944 (torpedo) by USS Flying Fish SS-229 (Lt. Commander Robert D. Risser, USN)

Location: Philippine Sea, 270 miles north of Palau.
(11.30N-1343.55E)

97 killed, 727 survivors. (a)
   
Notes
(a):
Figures approximate.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (as built)
Length:
345'
Engines:
1 triple expansion by Yokohama Dock Co.
Beam:
50'
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
29' (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
3,741
HP:
275 (NHP)
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
12 knots


Owner
As built:
Kinkai Yusen K.K.
Tokyo, Japan
1939:
Nippon Yusen K.K.
Tokyo Japan


Masters (information not available)


Ship's History (information not available)



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