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Sunday, 17 December 2023

Japanese passenger-cargo ship (ex-La Plata Maru 1926-1941) Kanzyu Maru or Kanju Maru 1941-1945

Call sign JDZB. Built by Mitsubishi Zosen Kaisha Ltd., Nagasaki, Japan in April 1926, taken over by the navy in 1941 and destroyed during an American air attack on the Saigon River on 12 January 1945. Gross tonnnage 7,267 tons, under deck 6,088, net tonnage4,378 tons and  as dimensions 430.7 x 55.7 x 36.0 x 25 (loaded) feet. Speed 14 (normal cruising)-16.4 (maximum) knots. 

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