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History Empire of Japan Name Yayoi Maru (彌生丸)Owner Suzuki Shoten Builder Asano Shipbuilding Company, Tsurumi Yard number 338[2] Laid down 15 September 1917 Launched 1 March 1919 Completed 1 April 1919 Renamed Nichiai Maru (日愛丸), 10 June 1938Identification 25010[1] Notes
Imperial Japanese Army Name Nichiai Maru Acquired requisitioned by Imperial Japanese Army , 19 November 1941 Fate Sunk by air attack, 3 February 1944 General characteristics Class and type Yoshida Maru No 1 cargo ship Tonnage
Length 121.92 m (400.0 ft )[3] Beam 16.15 m (53 ft 0 in )[3] Draught 0.75 m (2 ft 6 in )[3] Propulsion 258 nhp / 2,800 ihp[3] Speed 9-10 knots[3]
Nichiai Maru Japanese: 日愛丸) was a transport of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II .
History
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She was laid down on 15 September 1917 at the Tsurumi shipyard of Asano Shipbuilding Company[1] jp:鈴木商店 ), one of Japan's largest pre-war trading companies, and given identification number 25010[3] Yoshida Maru No 1 Uraga Dock Company ) between 1918 and 1919.[5] Yayoi Maru (彌生丸).[3] [1]
In 1919, she was sold to Kokusai Kisen Co., Ltd. (jp:国際汽船 ) of Yokohama .[3] [3] [3] Nichiai Maru on 10 June 1938.[3]
On 19 November 1941, she was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Army and immediately sent to Davao arriving on 26 December 1941 where a convoy was assembling nearby to attack the Dutch East Indies .[1] Hirose Sueto which departed for Tarakan the same day.
Fate
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On 3 February 1944, she was attacked by North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and Consolidated PBY Catalinas of the United States Army Fifth Air Force and sunk at (03°17′S 149°34′E / 3.283°S 149.567°E / -3.283; 149.567 New Hanover .[1] [6] [7]
References
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "彌生丸 YAYOI MARU (1919)" . Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
^ Nagasawa lists 5,460 GRT
^ Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "第一吉田丸型 YOSHIDA MARU No.1 Class 25隻 (1918-1919)" . Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
^ Cressman, Robert J. (2006) [1999]. "Chapter VI: 1944" . The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II . Retrieved 19 January 2012 .
^ Rohwer, Jürgen ; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1944, Februar" . Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2015 .
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1944
Shipwrecks
1 Feb: I-171 Ro-39 Umikaze
3 Feb: Monte Pascoal Nichiai Maru
4 Feb: U-854 Vautour
6 Feb: U-177
8 Feb: Petrella U-762 Lima Maru
9 Feb: U-238 U-734
10 Feb: El Grillo Minekaze U-545 U-666
11 Feb: Ro-110 U-283 U-424
12 Feb: I-27 Khedive Ismail Oria
13 Feb: Henry Irma USS Macaw
14 Feb: U-738 UIT-23
15 Feb: I-43
16 Feb: Ro-40
17 Feb: Agano Aikoku Maru ,CH-24 Fumizuki I-11 Katori Maikaze Naka Tachikaze Tonan Maru No. 3 W-26
18 Feb: Heian Maru Oite HMS Penelope , U-7 U-406
19 Feb: CH-22 U-264 U-386
20 Feb: Hydro HMS Warwick
21 Feb: Kokai Maru
22 Feb: British Chivalry
24 Feb: U-257 U-761
25 Feb: HMS Inglefield , HMS Mahratta , Ryūsei Maru Tango Maru U-601
26 Feb: USS Ailanthus , U-91
27 Feb: USS Grayback , HMS Woodpecker
29 Feb: USS Trout
Unknown date: Cymric USS Thompson
Other incidents
1943 1944 1945 January 1944 March 1944
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● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 6 J a n u a r y 2 0 2 3 , a t 0 4 : 5 1 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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Imperial Japanese Army
