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Similar Osaka Maru, Hankow Maru, Mozi Maru, Shanghai Maru, Sydney Maru, Tasmania Maru, Tateisi Maru and Yamagata Maru. Call sign JAYA. Launched by W. Denny&Bros. Ld., Leven Yard, Dumbarton, Scotland with yard number 118 on 23 August 1922, delivered on 15 January 1923 and sunk after a collission with the Sakito Maru arond 75 miles north east of Shanghai China, underway from Shanghai towards Nagasaki, Japan on 30 October 1943. Gross tonnage 5,259 tons, under deck 4,220 tons, netto tonnage 2,195 tons, deadweight 2,800 tons and as dimensions 395.0 x 54.2 x 29.0 14 (light)-21 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, single screw, coal-fuelled, horsepower 1,137 ihp, range nautical 3,000 miles and speed 18 (normal cruising)-20.17/225 rpm-21 (maximum) knots. Designed for neat seas service.
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