Tatsuta Maru
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Tatsuta Maru (龍田丸), was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The ship was built in 1927–1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The vessel was named after Tatsuta Jinja an important Shinto shrine in Nara Prefecture.[1]
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Tatsuta Maru, before 1941 | |
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Japan | |
Name | Tatsuta Maru |
Namesake | Tatsuta Shrine |
Operator | Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Nagasaki, Japan |
Yard number | 451 |
Laid down | 3 December 1927 |
Launched | 12 April 1929 |
Completed | 15 March 1930 |
Out of service | 8 February 1943 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by US submarine Tarpon, 8 February 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 16,975 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 178 m (584 ft) |
Beam | 21.9 m (72 ft) |
Draft | 28.5' |
Propulsion | 4 Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesels, quadruple screws, 16,000 hp (12,000 kW) |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
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Crew | 330 |
Notes | Steel construction |
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