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Sunday, 21 February 2021

Japanese whale factory ship Nissin Maru 1936-1944

Built by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd. Kobe, Japan using a design of the Norwegian James Clark Rosss for Hayashikane Shoten KK., Tokyo, Japan in 1936 and sunk by the American submarine USS Trout in the Balabac Strait, Borneo, Dutch East Indies on 16 May 1944. Call sign JGFL. Gross tonnage 16.764 tons, under deck 15.337 tons, net tonnage 13.350 tons and as dimensions 537.0 x 74.0 x 48.8 feet.

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