Call sign UOYC. Homeport Vladivostok. O.N. 216395. Ordered as War Post by the Shipping Controller/US Shipping Board, USA, built by Staten Island Shipbuilding Company, Staten Islands, New York, USA hull number 692 in September 1918, sold to Norway in 1939, sold to Sovtorgflot, Odessa, Ukraine in 1933, stopped by Japanese police when she tried to enter the military protected harbour of Mako, Formosa/Pescadores which was not allowed and according to Dutch newspapers was the crew arrested, the ship search and would be brought to Takao, Formosa on 16 August 1936, the Russian consul-general at Kobe, Krause was not allowed to speak the crew, in September was reported that her captain was seriously and the sailors harrassed by the Japanese police, lost in the Sea of Okhotsk in February 1945 off still existing in 1948.
Gross tonnage 2,189 tons, under deck 1,923 tons, net tonnage 1,299 tons and as dimensions 264.0 x 42.0 x 21.8 x 21 (loaded) feet. Normal cruising speed 7 knots. Many Japanese vessels of similar design.
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