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Thursday, 18 February 2021

Japanese cargo ship Daido Maru 1935-1943

Built by Uraga Dock Co. Ltd., Uraga, Japan for Osaka Syosen KK, Osaka, Japan in 1935, sunk by the American submarine USS Apogon (SS-308) while used as as a gunboat northeast of Ponape [nowadays Pohnpei, Federal States of Micronesia]on 4 December 1943. Call sign JZUH. Gross tonnage 2.962 tons, -under deck 2.270 tons, net tonnage 1.726 tons and as dimensions 297.7 x 45.0 x 23.8 feet.

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