Japanese aircraft transport Goshū Maru
| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan
| |
| Name: | Goshū Maru |
| Builder: | Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kōbe |
| Laid down: | 27 December 1938 |
| Launched: | 14 October 1939 |
| Acquired: | 14 September 1940 |
| Out of service: | 31 March 1944 |
| Struck: | 21 April 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk by aircraft in the Palau Islands |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,592 tons standard |
| Length: | 443.2 feet |
| Beam: | 60 feet |
| Draft: | 40 feet |
| Propulsion: | 2 Steam turbines |
Goshū Maru was an aircraft transport vessel of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The ship was initially built at Kawasaki's Kōbe Shipyard and launched on 14 October 1939 as a merchant vessel for Goyo Shosen K. K.[1] On 14 September 1940 the IJN requisitioned as a transport ship and was refitted in 1940 as an aircraft transport. The ship subsequently saw service in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Goshū Maru was sunk by United States Navy aircraft in the Palau Islands on 31 March 1944.
Notes
- ↑ "Lloyd's Register 1941–42 Gosyu Maru (Goshū Maru)" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
References
- Hackett, Bob; Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall (2006). "IJN Goshu Maru: Tabular Record of Movement". Tokusetsu Suijoki-Bokan!. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
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