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Monday, 23 September 2019

Japanese cargo ship (Lake Farar 1919-1926 Nissyo Maru 1926-1938) Nissyo Maru 1938-1945


Gross tonnage 2.827 tons, deadweight 4.883 tons and as dimensions 281 (over all) x 44 x 7.8 (light)-24,1 (loaded) feet. Speed 8,5 (normal)-10,5 (maximum) knots with reciprocating machinery supplying 356 nhp and 1 screw. With a speed of 8,5 knots and a coal bunker capacity of 561 tons was her range 5.900 nautical miles. Lloyds register mentioned a Nisshyo Maru built September 1919 by Superior Shipbuilding Company, Superior, USA for Okazaki Honten K.K., Kobe, Japan, dimensions 251.0 x 43.7 x 25.8 feet of 2.827 total tonnage and 1.739 fitted with fuel oil. Ex-Lake Farrar and Nissho Maru renamed 1938. As the ss Lake Farrar of the United States Shipping board 1919-1926 between 1925-1926 of the Dollar Steam Lines Inc. Ltd., San Francisco, USA, as the Nissho Maru of the Okaziki Honten K.K. 1926-1938, added to the Japanese Navy in 1938 and lost after striking an USAAF mine off Futaoi Light, Shimonoseki, Japan on 12 May 1945. IMO 31365?