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Sunday 31 March 2024

Japanese passenger-cargo ship Melbourne Maru 1929-1945

Call sign JIFC. Laid down by Yokohama Dock Co. Ld., Yokohama, Japan on 12 June 1929, launched on 15 December 1929, completed on 28 March 1930, requisitioned by the army as troop transport AA No. 911 on 25 December 1941 and destroyed in a Russian air attack ar Rajin, Chosen (nowadays Rashon, North Korea) on 9 August 1945. Gross tonnage 5,423 tons, under deck 4,955 tons, net tonnage 3,219 tons and as dimensions 380.0 x54.5 x 34.2 x 9 (light)-24 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, 489 nhp, 846 tons bunker oil capacity, range 22,000 nautical miles/13.5 knots. Speed 13.5 (normal cruising)-6 (maximum) knots. 

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