Category:Kashima Maru (ship, 1913)

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<nowiki>Kashima Maru; ship built in 1913</nowiki>
Kashima Maru 
ship built in 1913
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Ship[edit]

  • Type: Passenger / cargo steamship
  • Built by: Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe
  • Yard No: 362
  • Keel laid:
  • Launched:
  • Completed: 1913.10
  • Length over all: 501.5 ft
  • Beam: 59.6 ft
  • GT: 9908
  • DWT:
  • Sister ships: Katori Maru (Suwa Maru, Fushimi Maru were similar but some differences)
  • www.wrecksite.eu
  • plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk
  • www.theshipslist.com

History[edit]

  • 1913 Named Kashima Maru; Flag: Japan
    • Call sign: MHWL, from 1934 JKXD
    • Port: Tokyo
    • Owner: Nippon Yusen KK
  • 1938 Renamed Kasima Maru; Flag: Japan
    • Call sign: JKXD
    • Port: Tokyo
    • Owner: Nippon Yusen KK
  • 1941 Requisitioned by Japan as troop transport
  • 1943.09.27 Sunk by USS Bonefish