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.
| 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 USS Bowfin, 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
editShe 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 / 39.333°N 127.500°E off Wonsan, Korea.[1][2][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "常昭丸 JOSHO MARU (1917)". Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
- ^ a b Lettens, Jan; Tony, Allen (12 December 2014). "Sinyo Maru No.3 (+1945)". Wrecksite.
- ^ a b c d e "Historical Collections of the Great Lakes – Carmen". Bowling Green State University.
- ^ "Lloyd's Registry of Ships 1938–1939" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1939.
- ^ "Lloyd's Registry of Ships 1939–1940" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1940.
- ^ a b "USS Bowfin History Patrol 9". USS Bowfin Submarine Marine Museum and Park. 24 July 2016.
- ^ Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1945, Juni". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2015.