Nagata Maru
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| Name | MS Nagata Maru |
| Operator | Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo |
| Completed | February 1937 |
| In service | 1937 |
| Fate | Bombed and sunk, 22 April 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,969 GRT |
| Notes | Steel construction |
The Nagata Maru (長田丸, Nagata maru) was a Japanese cargo ship owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo. The ship was entered service in 1937.
The name Nagata Maru derives from Nagata jinja, a Shinto shrine in Nagata Ward, Kobe, Japan.[1]
History[]
Nagata maru was the name of several Japanese vessels. In 1900, Fujinagata Shipyards completed its first all-metal construction merchant vessel; the No.2 Nagata Maru.
List of ships named Nagata Maru[]
- Nagata Maru No. 1
- Nagata Maru No. 2
- Nagata Maru No. 3
- Nagata Maru No. 4
- Nagata Maru No. 5
- Nagata Maru No. 6
- Nagata Maru No. 7
- Nagata Maru No. 8[2]
- Nagata Maru No. 9
- Nagata Maru No. 10
- Nagata Maru No. 11
- Nagata Maru No. 12
- Nagata Maru No. 13[2]
- Nagata Maru (1937)
Pacific War[]
In 1939, Nagata Maru was commandeered by the Imperial Japanese Navy for use as a troopship.
During the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands, she installed within 2 days the seaplane base in Makin lagoon.
In transporting Allied prisoners, it was amongst those vessels which earned the epithet "hell ships."
On 22 April 1944, Nagata Maru was part of a Singapore-to-Saigon convoy anchored off Cape St. Jacques in French Indochina. The ship was bombed and sunk.
Notes[]
- ^ Richard, Ponsonby-Fane. (1964) Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, pp. 324-328; from 1871 through 1946, the Nagata Shrine stood in the second tier of government supported shrines which were especially venerated by the imperial family.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lloyd's. (1907). Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Vol. 2, p. 369., p. 369, at Google Books
References[]
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964). Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby-Fane Memorial Society. OCLC 1030156
External links[]
- Ship's List: Ships of Nippon Yusen Kaisha K.K
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