Kamo Maru (1908)

Builder:
Mitsubishi Dockyard &
Engineering Works Ltd.
Nagasaki, Japan
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
June 10, 1906
Year Built:
1908
Launched:
December 24, 1907
Type:
Passenger/Cargo
Completed:
July 8, 1908
Fate:
Sunk July 3, 1944 by USS Tinosa SS-283 (Commander Donald Frederick Weiss, USN)

Location: East China Sea, 10 miles south of Fukue-jima, Goto Islands, Kyushu, Japan.
(32.25N-128.46E)

Casualties unknown.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (as built)
Length:
473' 4"
Engines:
2 triple expansion by Mitsubishi
Beam:
54' 1"
Boilers:
6 single ended, 200 lb. working pressure
Draft:
30' 8" (depth)
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
8,524 (a)
HP:
973 NHP
Passengers:
206
Speed:
15 knots
   
Notes
(a):
By 1941 registered at 7,955 tons.


Owner
As built:
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
(NYK Line)
Tokyo, Japan


Ship's History
Serviced the Japan-Europe route until the Great War, then moved to the Australia route. Returned to
European route after the war. In the early 1930's was put back on the Australian route after newer and
larger ships were built for the European trade route. Remained on the Australian route until scrapped.



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