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Friday, 8 March 2024

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Shokwa 1935-1938) Syoka Maru 1938-1942

Call sign JZLR. Built by Mitsubishi Jukoyogo K.K., Nagasaki, Japan in 1935 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Tautog in 1942. Gross tonnage 4,467 tons, under deck 4,033 tons, net tonnage 2,582 tons and as dimensions 357.0 x 49.2 x 32.8 x 10 (light)-23 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, single screw, 500 nhp, coal bunker capacity 310 tons, range 8,250 nautical miles/14.5 knots and speed 14.5 (normal cruising)-17 (maximum) knots. 


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