Japanese cargo ship (ex-West Ivan 1929-1928, Golden West 1928-1937, Canadian 1937-1941) Hokusei Maru 1941 (Nikkin Maru 1941-1944)

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Sister ships Anzan Maru, Hokusei Maru, Izan Maru, Konzan Maru, Seisyo Maru and Tazan Maru. Call sign as Canadian KOZS and USA-flagged. Built by J.F. Duthie&Company, Seattle, USA for the US Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation with USSB No. 1480 in January 1920, seized by the Japanese in 1941, requisitioned by the army as troop transport in 1943 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Tang in the Yellow Sea on 30 June 1944. Gross tonnage 5,802 tons, under deck 5,113 tons, netto tonnage 3,639 tons and as dimensions 410.3 x 54.2 x 27.7 x 8 (light)-23 (loaded) feet. Speed 9 (normal cruising)-11 (maximum) knots. Design 1013.