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Saturday, 2 October 2021

Japanese screw steam cargo ship Genoa Maru 1919-1943

Gross tonnage 6,785 ton, under deck 6.4961 ton, net tonnage 4.894 ton and as dimensions 425.0 x 53.6 x 37.5 x 8.6 (light)-28.6 (loaded) feet. Speed 10 (normal cruising)-13 (maximum) knots. With a coal bunker capacity of 2.300 ton and a speed of 10 knots a range of 15.000 nautical miles. Reciprocating steam propulsion. Single screw. Built by Mitsubishi Zosen Kaisha Ltd., Nagasaki, Japan in June 1919. Of Nippon Yusen K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Call sign JLSD. Since 1941 of the Imperial Japanese Navy and sunk by the American submarine ISS Finback (SS-230) on 11 June 1943 west of Babelthuap, Palau.

1 comment:

  1. This ships name was used in teh movie "Across the Pacific" with Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet.

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