Yokohama Maru (1912)

History

Name:	Yokohama Maru
Owner:	Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (1912-??) Imperial Japanese Army (??-1942)
Builder:	Mitsubishi Dockyard & Engine Works, Nagaski
Fate:	Sunk by United States Navy planes
Status:	Shipwreck
General characteristics
Displacement:	6,143 gross ton
Length:	406 feet (124 m)^[1]
Beam:	49 feet (15 m)
Draught:	27 feet (8 m)

The Yokohama Maru was a 6143 gross ton passenger and cargo vessel built by Mitsubishi Dockyard & Engine Works, Nagaski for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and launched in 1912. The ship was used on the Guam to Japan route. She was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Army and fitted out as a troop transport.

On 10 March 1942, while being unloaded off Salamaua, Yokohama Maru was attacked as part of the invasion fleet at Lae and Salamaua and was sunk at 07°01′S 147°07′E / 7.017°S 147.117°E / -7.017; 147.117 (Yokohama Maru).^[2]

Notes

↑ "Lloyd's Register 1938-39" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
↑ "Kongo Maru". The Combined Fleet. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

External links

Chronological List of Japanese Merchant Vessel Losses

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942

Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter 7 Mar: Arabutan 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585

Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 25 Mar: Imperial Transport

1941 1942 1943 February 1942 April 1942

Coordinates: 7°01′S 147°07′E / 7.017°S 147.117°E / -7.017; 147.117

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.