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Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Japanese passenger-cargo ship Toyooka Maru 1915-1944

Call sign JYOD. Built by Mitsubishi Dockyard&Engineering Works, Nagasaki in 1914, delivered in March 1915 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Queeenfish (SS-393) on 9 September 1944. Gross tonnage 7,098 tons, under deck 6,574 tons, net tonnage 4,388 tons and dimensions 445.0 x 58.0 x 34.0 x 9 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. 922 Nhp Steam turbine. Fitted out for deep tanks for carrying oil in bulk. 

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