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Monday, 21 November 2022

Japanese deep-sea trawler Azuchi Maru 1930-1943

Call sign JHEC. Gross tonnage 398 tons, under deck 280 tons, net tonnage 198 tons and as dimensions 145.0 x 24.0 x 14.0 metres. Laid down by Mitsubsihi Zohensko K.K., Hiroshima, Japan for Kyodo Gyogyo K.K. on 28 June 1930, launched on 22 September 1930, since 1937 owned by Nippon Suisan K.K., Tobata. Japan, requisitioned by the Japanese Imperial Navy on 29 June 1939, became a store ship, disappeared after leaving Kusai [Kosrae earlier known as Kusaie or Strong’s Island, Micronesia] on 25 September 1943 bound for Nauru [Micronesia] without leaving any trace and stricken from the Navy List on 1 February 1944.

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