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Monday, 31 July 2023

Japanese cargo ship Taisyo Maru or Taisho Maru 1938-1944

Call sign JLAM. Gross tonnage 4,816 tons, 2,824 tons net tonnage, 7.028 tons deadweight and as dimensions 384.4 x 52.5 x 29.4 x 8 (light)-23.5 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion with a horsepower of 450 nhp and with 800 ton coal bunker capacity a range of 7,000 miles/12 knots and a speed of 12 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots. Sunk as an army cargo ship during an Allied air attack on Rabaul on 24 January 1944.

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