Japanese transport ship Nichiai Maru
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Nichiai Maru (Japanese:日愛丸) was a transport of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
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Name | Yayoi Maru (彌生丸) |
Owner | Suzuki Shoten |
Builder | Asano Shipbuilding Company, Tsurumi |
Yard number | 338[1] |
Laid down | 15 September 1917 |
Launched | 1 March 1919 |
Completed | 1 April 1919 |
Renamed | Nichiai Maru (日愛丸), 10 June 1938 |
Identification | 25010[2] |
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Name | Nichiai Maru |
Acquired | requisitioned by Imperial Japanese Army, 19 November 1941 |
Fate | Sunk by air attack, 3 February 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Yoshida Maru No 1-class cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 121.92 m (400.0 ft)[4] |
Beam | 16.15 m (53 ft 0 in)[4] |
Draught | 0.75 m (2 ft 6 in)[4] |
Propulsion | 258 nhp / 2,800 ihp[4] |
Speed | 9-10 knots[4] |
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