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 Toyama Maru in 1941
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name | Toyama Maru |
| Namesake | Toyama |
| Owner | NYK Line (1915-1937)
Nanyo Kaiun K.K. (1937-1938) Ono Shoji Gomei K.K. (1938-1943) Taiyo Kogyo, K. K (1943-1944) |
| Ordered | 1913 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Dockyard & Engineering Works |
| Laid down | 4 August 1913 |
| Launched | 20 March 1915 |
| Completed | 3 June 1915 |
| In service | June 1915 |
| Out of service | June 29th 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk by USS Sturgeon near Tairajima, 29 June 1944 |
| Notes | 6th deadliest Maritime disaster |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Troop transport |
| Tonnage | 7,085 GRT |
| Length | 135.6 metres (445 ft) |
| Beam | 17.7 metres (58 ft) |
| Draught | 10.4 metres (34 ft) |
| Installed power | 5700 shp |
| Propulsion | 4 x Steam turbine engines DR geared to dual shaft, 2 screws, 4 single boilers, 12 corrugated furnaces |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Complement | 4330 |
| Crew | 76 |
Toyama Maru (富山丸) was a 7,089-ton Japanese troop transport during World War II. On 29 June 1944, Toyama Maru was transporting over 6,000 men of the Japanese 44th Independent Mixed Brigade when she was torpedoed and sunk.