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Wednesday 17 April 2024

Japanese cargo ship Totai Maru 1918-1943

similar to the Horai Maru

Call sign JHTA. Built by Osaka Iron Works Ld., Osaka, Japan in April 1918 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Sailfish (SS-192) south of Kyushu, Japan underway as army cargo ship from Saiki to Palau. Gross tonnage 3,194 tons, under deck 2,757 tons, net tonnage 1,997 tons and as dimensions 20.50 x 43.7 x 27.2 x 7 (light)-23.4 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, 287 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,215 ons, range 13,000 nautical miles/9 knots and speed 9 (normal cruising)-11.5 (maximum) knots. 

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