According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673sent by the office of armament the Royal Netherlands Navy located at 41 East 42nd Street, New York 17, USA. There were no complete records available, so there were several sources used to compile the list. Sometimes the kind of guns gave indirect information regarding the origin such as 4”/BL and 12 pounder guns were British mostly supplied in the United Kingdom, Canada or Curacao. The 4.7” guns were old Japanese guns placed on some vessels in the begin of the war at Singapore and some 4” guns in the same period at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. The trade in which the ship was used gave also an indication were the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.
Armed with 4-2cm guns supplied at New York on 14 November 1942
General cargo ship launched with yard number 77 by De Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij N.V.., Rotterdam, Netherlands on Saturday afternoon 13 August 1921 for account of the N.V. Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij, The Hague, Netherlands, since November 1952 owned by Far Eastern&Panama Transport Co., Panama, Panama-flagged, managed by Wheelock, Marden&Co. Ltd. and renamed Swan, renamed Hakuyo Maru in 1952, Japan-flagged, homeport Tokyo, owned and managed by Hayasjikane K.K., Tokyo, Japan, since 1957 owner/manager Taiyo Gyogyo K.K., Tokyo, Japan broken up by Tien Cheng Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Kaohsiung, Taiwan between 10 April-15 May 1970. Ordered by Phs. Van Ommeren and to be named Katendrecht.
Gross tonnage 6.184.67 tons, net tonnage 3,822.73 tons, deadweight 9,741.00 tons, grain capacity 582,707 cubic feet, bale capacity 535,187 cubic feet and as dimensions 421.0 x 55.4 x 28.9 feet. Call sign since 1934 PHTS
Sources
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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