Kansai Maru

Kansai Maru at speed
History
Name	Kansai Maru
Owner	KK
Builder	, Yokohama, Japan
Yard number	180
Launched	19 September 1930
Completed	1930
Fate	Sunk by USS Scamp, 19 September 1943
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	8,614 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	140.7 m (461.7 ft)
Propulsion	Diesel engine
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)

The MV Kansai Maru (Kanji:関西丸) was an 8,614-gross register ton (GRT) freighter built by , Yokohama, Japan, in 1930 for KK. She was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Army as a transport in September 1941. The ship was one of the targets of the British attacks during the Battle off Endau in January 1942. Kansai Maru was sunk by the American submarine USS Scamp on 19 September 1943.

References[]

• Cannon, Peter (2014). "Night Action, Malaya 1942". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2015. London: Conway. pp. 62–80. ISBN 978-1-84486-276-4.
• Hackett, Bob & Muehlthaler, Erich (2013). "Kansai Maru: Tabular Record of Movement". RIKUGUN YUSOSEN. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 July 2015.