Asama Maru in 1936.
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History | |
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Japan | |
Name | Asama Maru |
Operator | Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Nagasaki, Japan |
Yard number | 450 |
Laid down | 10 September 1927 |
Launched | 30 October 1928 |
Completed | 15 September 1929 |
In service | Autumn 1929 |
Out of service | 1 November 1944 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Atule (SS-403) in the South China Sea, 100 mi (160 km) south of Pratas Island |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 16,975 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 178 m (584 ft) |
Beam | 21.9 m (72 ft) |
Draft | 28.5' |
Propulsion | 4 Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesels, quadruple screws |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 330 |
Notes | Steel construction |
Asama Maru (浅間丸, Asama maru) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The ship was built in 1927–1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The vessel was named after an important Shinto shrine.[1]
Asama Maru set a record of her maiden voyage to California, and surpassed this record on her fourth voyage from Yokohama to San Francisco.[2]