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Saturday, 5 June 2021

Japanese passenger-cargo ship (ex-Usuri Maru 1921-1928) Kokuryu Maru 1928-1943


Built by Osaka Iron Works Ltd., Osaka, Japan in August 1921 and sunk by the American submarine USS Scorpion (SS-278) on 3 July 1943. Call sign JPOC. Gross tonnage 6.113 tons, under deck 5.180 tons, net tonnage 4.459 tons and as dimensions 407.2 x 50.8 x 30.0 feet. Oil fuel bunker capacity 1/253 tons and a range of 17.500 nautical miles with a speed of 10 knots.

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