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Saturday, 8 May 2021

Japanese cargo passenger ship Asahisan Maru 1934-1941


Laid down by Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd., Tama, Japan for Mitsubishi Busan K.K., Kobe, Japan on 10 October 1934, launched on 23 March 1935, completed on 30 April 1935, assigned by the Japanese Imperial Navy on 18 December 1941, registered as auxiliary transport on 20 December 1941 and sunk on 24 July 1944 in the Kau Bay, Halmahera, Maluka Islands, Indonesia, by American aircraft. Gross tonnage 4.551 tons, under deck 3.747 tons, net tonnage 2.684 tons and as dimensions 360.0 x 50.0 x 29.0 feet.

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