The Yoshida Maru (吉田丸) was a Japanese cargo ship owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1941 by Hakodate Dock at Hakodate on the northern island of Hokkaidō.
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| Name | Yoshida Maru [1] |
| Operator |  Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
| Builder | Hakodate Dock at Hakodate, Hokkaidō |
| Laid down | 1940 |
| Launched | 9 May 1941 |
| Completed | 30 August 1941 |
| In service | 1941 - 1944 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Flasher, 18 February 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hirota Maru |
| Tonnage | 2,921 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 93 m (305 ft) |
| Beam | 13.8 m (45 ft) |
| Propulsion | 1 turbine, single screw |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Notes | Steel construction |
History
editThe Yoshida Maru was built at Hakodate; and she left port in August 1941 on her maiden voyage.[2]
The 2,921-ton vessel had a length of 310 feet (93 m), and her beam was 45 feet (13.8 m). The single turbine, single screw propulsion produced an average speed of 11 knots (20 km/h).[2]
World War II
editYoshida Maru was requisitioned as an auxiliary gunboat/minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was armed with 3 guns of 12 cm and machineguns. On 1 October, 1943 reregistered as an auxiliary transport.[3] On 18 January 1944, she was sunk by the submarine USS Flasher at 140 miles west-southwest of Minami-Tori-shima, 23°50′N 151°28′E / 23.833°N 151.467°E with the loss of 76 passengers, eight crewmen and 15 gunners.[4]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "Yoshida Maru Passenger/cargo ship Auxiliary 1919-1944". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ a b Haworth, R.B. Miramar Ship Index: Yoshida Maru, ID#4048724.
- ^ "Japanese Transports". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "The Official Chronology of The US Navy in World War II". HyperWar Foundation. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
References
edit- Blair, Clay. (2001). Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-217-9; OCLC 45207785
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1935). The Nomenclature of the N.Y.K. Fleet. Tokyo : Nippon Yusen Kaisha. OCLC 27933596
- Tate, E. Mowbray. (1986). Transpacific steam: the story of steam navigation from the Pacific Coast of North America to the Far East and the Antipodes, 1867-1941. New York: Cornwall Books. ISBN 978-0-8453-4792-8;