Kashi Maru
Kasi Maru or Kashi Maru (橿丸, Kashi Maru, "live oak") was a Japanese auxiliary minelayer/merchant ship, sunk in Mbaeroko Bay, near Munda, during a World War II bombing raid on 2 July 1943.
| History | |
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| Name: | Kashi Maru |
| Builder: | Osaka Iron Works, Sakurajima |
| Launched: | 21 March 1940 |
| Completed: | 30 April 1940 |
| Fate: | Bombed and sunk, 2 July 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cargo ship |
| Displacement: | 1,365 long tons (1,387 t) |
| Length: | 52.43 m (172 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 6-cylinder 4-stroke 550 hp (410 kW) diesel engine |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Complement: | 20 |
Kashi Maru was built in 1940 at the Osaka Iron Works. The ship was unloading a cargo of fuel and vehicles[1] when she was attacked and sunk by USAAF B-25 bombers, escorted by USN F4U fighters.[2]
The site of the shipwreck is popular for divers,[3] and was featured in the Nature episode "War Wrecks of the Coral Seas".[4]
References
- Maynard, Peter (1986). "Kashi Maru". pacificwrecks.com. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- Cressman, Robert J. (1999). "Chapter V: 1943". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- "Munda (Western Province) Dive Sites". welkamsolomons.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- "War Wrecks of the Coral Seas". PBS. 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
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