SS Rakuyō Maru
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SS Rakuyo Maru (楽洋丸) was a passenger cargo ship built in 1921 by the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Nagasaki for Nippon Yusen Kisen Kaisha.
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History | |
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Japan | |
Name | Rakuyo Maru |
Owner | Nippon Yusen Kisen Kaisha |
Port of registry | Tokyo |
Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Company, Nagasaki |
Launched | 26 February 1921 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Sealion in the Luzon Strait, 12 September 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 9,419 GRT |
Length | 460 feet (140 m)[1] |
Beam | 60 feet (18 m) |
Draught | 40.5 feet (12.3 m) |
Installed power | 1153 nhp |
Propulsion | Steam turbines, twin screw |
Speed | 16.5 knots |
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