Chichibu Maru
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The Chichibu Maru (秩父丸) was a Japanese passenger ship which, renamed Kamakura Maru, was sunk during World War II, killing 2,035 soldiers and civilians on board.
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Kamakura Maru arriving at Yokohama with the ashes of the four submariners killed in the attack on Sydney Harbour | |
History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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Operator | Nippon Yusen Kaisha |
Builder | Yokohama Dock Co., Yokohama, Japan |
Yard number | 170 |
Laid down | 6 February 1928 |
Launched | 8 May 1929 |
Completed | 10 March 1930 |
Maiden voyage | April 1930 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Gudgeon, 28 April 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger liner |
Tonnage | 17,526 GRT |
Length | 170.7 m (560 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 22.6 m (74 ft 2 in) |
Draft | 28.5' |
Propulsion | 2 Burmeister & Wain diesels, twin screws |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Capacity | 817 passengers |
The Chichibu Maru was built for the Nippon Yusen shipping company by the Yokohama Dock Company. She was launched on 8 May 1929 and completed in 1930.[1] She had a beam of 22.6 meters, a length of 178 meters and a tonnage of 17,498. Cruising speed was 19 knots, with a maximum of 21 knots. The ship could carry 817 passengers. She differed from her half-sisters, the Asama Maru and the Tatsuta Maru, in her propulsion system, and in having one (rather than two) funnels.
Before the war, the ship carried passengers between Yokohama and San Francisco. Prince Takamatsu and Princess Takamatsu also traveled on this ship. Following the adoption of Kunrei-shiki romanization the ship was renamed Kamakura Maru in 1939.