Japanese cargo ship Shinyō Maru No. 3 (1917)

Shinyō Maru No. 3 (Japanese: 第三 信洋丸) or Sinyo Maru No. 3 (ex-Carmen, ex-Heng Tai, ex-Josho Maru) was an American-built Japanese cargo ship during World War II.

For other ships with the same name, see Shin'yō Maru.
History
Empire of Japan
Name: Shinyō Maru No. 3
Builder: American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA[1]
Launched: 1917
Sponsored by: Skibs Akties Lodding's Rederi, Norway
Completed: June 1917
Identification: 33184
Fate: torpedoed by submarine, 11 June 1945
Notes:
General characteristics
Type: Cargo ship
Tonnage: 1,898 grt (5,375 m3) standard[1]
Length: 76.50 m (251 ft 0 in) o/a[1]
Beam: 13.26 m (43 ft 6 in)[1]
Draught: 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)[1]
Installed power: 820 hp (611 kW)[1]
Speed: 9/10 knots[1]

History

She was laid down in 1917 at the Cleveland, Ohio shipyard of the American Ship Building Company for the benefit of Skibs Akties Lodding's Rederi of Norway.[1][3] She was completed in June 1917 and christened Carmen.[3] In 1927, she was sold to Heng An S.S. (Hengan Steamship Company) of Shanghai and renamed Heng Tai (と改名).[1][3] In 1928, she was sold to Matsukawa Ryo Shokai (松川菱商会) in Nishinomiya and renamed Josho Maru.[1][3] In 1933, she was sold to Okada Shosen, K.K./Okada Shipping Co., Ltd. (岡田海運) in Kyoto and renamed Shinyō Maru No. 3 (第三 信洋丸).[1][3] On 1 March 1944, she was transferred to Daiko Merchant Shipping Co., Ltd. of Osaka after it merged with Okada Shipping.[1] The Lloyd's Register indicates her name was changed to Sinyo Maru in 1939[4][5] but Japanese sources do not confirm this.[1]

On 11 June 1945, while traveling un-escorted, the submarine USS Bowfin spotted her and fired four torpedoes, one of which hit.[6] She sunk in two minutes[6] at 39°20′N 127°30′E off Wonsan, Korea.[1][2][7]

References
  1. Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "常昭丸 JOSHO MARU (1917)". Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
  2. Lettens, Jan; Tony, Allen (12 December 2014). "Sinyo Maru No.3 (+1945)". Wrecksite.
  3. "Historical Collections of the Great Lakes – Carmen". Bowling Green State University.
  4. "Lloyd's Registry of Ships 1938–1939" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1939.
  5. "Lloyd's Registry of Ships 1939–1940" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1940.
  6. "USS Bowfin History Patrol 9". USS Bowfin Submarine Marine Museum and Park.
  7. Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1945, Juni". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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