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Wednesday, 28 September 2022

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.

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