Akagi Maru
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Akagi Maru was one of three Akagi Maru-class armed merchantmen of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was launched in 1936. Akagi Maru was used initially used as a refrigerated cargo/passenger ship between ports in Japan, Europe and South America. The ship took part in World War II in the Pacific Ocean and was sunk with great loss of life by air attack on 17 February 1944 in Chuuk Lagoon as a part of the Allied Operation Hailstone.
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Akagi Maru in 1937 | |
History | |
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Name | Akagi Maru |
Operator | Nippon Yusen Kaisha |
Port of registry | Tokyo |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
Yard number | 627 |
Laid down | 2 December 1935 |
Launched | 6 June 1936 |
Completed | 10 September 1936 |
In service | 1936 |
Out of service | November 1941 |
Fate | Transferred to Imperial Japanese Navy |
Empire of Japan | |
Name | Akagi Maru |
Acquired | November 1941 |
Commissioned | December 1941 |
Fate | Sunk 18 February 1944 |
General characteristics As built | |
Type | Passenger ship |
Tonnage | 7,387 GRT |
Length | 462 ft 8 in (141.0 m) pp |
Beam | 62 ft 3 in (19.0 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 7 in (8.4 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 1 shaft |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
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