An item reported that the ss Quito and 2 other ships left Kobe, Japan on 25 October for the South Atlantic to act als suppliers for German raiders and submarines. On 5 November was Easter Island passed. (1)
Note
1. Laid down for account of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Line, Bremen, Germany by Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser A.G. Wesermünde, Germany with yard number 259 in 1937, launched on 15 March 1938, handed over on 19 March 1938, call sign DOUC, handed over on 9 June 1938, negotiations with the Chilean government in 1941 failed, required by the German Kriegsmarine and became a supply ship on 28 July 1941 while lying at Yokohama, Japan, chartered by the Teikoku Senpaku K.K., operated by the Kawasaki Kosen K.K., Kobe, Japan as the Teishu Maru on 10 September 1942, converted into an auxiliary submarine depot ship between June-August 1944 and sunk by the American submarine USS Bream (SS-243) off Tanjong Puting, Borneo, Dutch East Indies on 29 April 1945 loaded for fuel for submarines underway from Balikpapan towards Jakarta. Dimensions 249.0 x 34.7 x 14.0 feet, deadweight 1.600 tons, gross tonnage 1.230 tons, under deck 903 tons and net tonnage 614 tons. Twin screw. Fitted out with 322 nhp diesel; machinery allowing a speed of 13 knots.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 21 dated 31 December 1942
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