Nagata Maru
The Nagata Maru (長田丸, Nagata maru) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo. The ship was entered into service in 1937.
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| Name: | MS Nagata Maru |
| Operator: | Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo |
| In service: | 1937 |
| Out of service: | 1944 |
| Fate: | Bombed and sunk, 1944 |
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| Tonnage: | 2,969 |
| Notes: | Steel construction |
The name Nagata Maru derives from Nagata jinja, a Shinto shrine in Nagata Ward, Kobe, Japan.[1]
History
Nagata maru was the name of several Japanese vessels. In 1900, Fujinagata Shipyards completed its first all-metal construction merchant vessel; the No.2 Nagata Maru.
List of ships named Nagata Maru
Pacific War
In 1939, Nagata Maru was commandeered by the Imperial Japanese Navy for use as a troopship.
In transporting Allied prisoners, it was amongst those vessels which earned the epithet "hell ships."
In 1944, Nagata Maru was part of a Singapore-to-Saigon convoy anchored off Cape St. Jacques in French Indochina. The ship was bombed and sunk.
See also
Notes
- Richard, Ponsonby-Fane. (1964) Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, pp. 324-328; from 1871 through 1946, the Nagata Shrine stood in the second tier of government supported shrines which were especially venerated by the imperial family.
- Lloyd's. (1907). Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Vol. 2, p. 369., p. 369, at Google Books
References
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964). Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby-Fane Memorial Society. OCLC 1030156
External links
- Ship's List: Ships of Nippon Yusen Kaisha K.K
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