Japanese cargo ship Keiyo Maru 1937-1944

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Similar Kamogawa Maru (1938), Keiyo Maru (1937), Sinko Maru (1935), Tamagawa Maru (1938), Yamagiri Maru (1938), Yamazuki Maru (1937), Yodogawa Maru (1938) and Zenyo Maru (1937). Call sign JWPL. Owner in 1939 Toyo Kisen K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukoygo K.K., Yokohama, Japan on 14 April 1937, launched on 23 August 1937, completed on 15 November 1937, requistioned by navy on 12 August 1941, converted into an armed auxiliary aircraft transport between 12 August-21 October 1941, converted into a general transport by Yokosuka Navy Yard between 21 January-5 February 1944, damaged in an American air attack about 100 nautical miles West of Alamagan Island, Northern Marianas and beached on12 June 1944, next day destroyed in air air attack. Gross tonnage 6,442 tons, under deck 5,757 tons, net tonnage 4,835 tons and as dimensions 549.4 x 58.3 x 32.0 x 9.6 (light)-26 (loaded) feet. Horsepower 1,165nhp/4,700 bhp, one screw, 110rpm=14 knots, 1333rpm=17 knots, fuel oil bunker capacity including deep tanks 2,700 tons, range 47,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14/15(normal cruising)-17-19 (maximum) knots. 

American cruiser USS Indianapolis sunk by Japanese submarine I-58 on 30 July 1945

An item reported that on 29 July the American heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (1) was torpedoed and sunk with heavy heavy losses in the Philippines Sea.(2) She recently transported material for the atomic bomb offensive (2) from San Francisco to Guam.

Notes

1. Part of Portland-class, preceded by Northampton-class succeeded by New Orleans-class. Ordered on 13 February 1929, contract awarded on 15 August 1929, laid dwon by the NewYork Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey on 31 March 1930, launched on 7 November 1931, commissioned on 15 November 1932 and torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-58 on 30 July 1945.

2. Laid down by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan on 26 December 1942, launched on 9 October 1943, completed on 7 September 1944, surrendered on 2 September 1945 and scuttled on 1 April 1946. B3 type cruiser submarine.

3. She transported materials including uranium for the atomic bomb Little Boy to Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands. Littly Boy was used for bombing Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-129-1-20. Weekly Résumé (No. 311) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 9th August to 0700 16th August 1945. 

Japanese passenger-cargo ship Takaoka Maru 1920-1944

Call sign JNKD. Laid down with yard number 75 by Yokohama Dock Co., Yokohama, Japan on 7 July 1920, launched on 21 November 1920, completed on 16 December 1920, army troop transport No. 696 24 August 1938-7 January 1939, requisitioned by army on 10 September 1941 and sunk by the American submarine USS Shark (SS-314) north west of Saipan, Northern Mariana Island on 5 June 1944. Gross tonnage 7,007 tons, under deck 6,443 tons, net tonnage 4,327 tons and dimensions 445.0 x 58.0 x 34.0 x 9 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion. Fitted out for deep tanks for carrying oil in bulk. 

Japanese cargo passenger ship Meiten Maru 1938-1943

Call sign JQVA. Laid down by Tama Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Tama, Japan on 23 April 1938, launched on 16 September 1938, completed on 5 December 1938, requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy on 2 December 1940, registered as an auxiliary transport on 16 December 1940 and sunk by the American submarine USS Tautog (SS-199) 226 miles west north west of Saipan on 20 June 1943 and stricken on 1 December 1943. Homeport Kobe. Gross tonnage 4,474 tons, net tonnage 2.617 tons and as dimensions 363.5 x 50.0 x 29.0 feet.

Japanese cargo ship Imizu Maru 1938-1944

Laid down by Uraga Dock Co. Ltd., Uraga, Japan for Nippon Kisen K.K, Japan on 22 December 1938, launched on 14 July 1939, completed on 26 April 1940, requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy on 3 December 1940, converted into an auxiliary minesweeper, later also used for transport tasks and sunk on 12 June 1944 in an American air attack around 100 nautical miles west of the Alamagan Island, Northern Mariana Islands. Gross tonnage 3.000 tons, under deck and as dimensions 305.1 x 44.9 x 24.6 feet.

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Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 19 September 2020

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Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 21 June 2020

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