Nankai Maru

History
Name	Nankai Maru
Launched	5 July 1932
Identification	Official number: 38116; Code Letters JKME; ;
Fate	Sunk, 12 September 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage	8416 tons (gross), 5105 tons (net)
Length	446.8 ft (136.2 m)
Beam	60.5 ft (18.4 m)
Depth	40.7 ft (12.4 m)
Installed power	1678 NHP, built by Mitsubishi Zosen Kaisha
Propulsion	Oil engines, twin screw

The MV Nankai Maru was an 8,416-gross register ton (GRT) cargo ship built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd, Nagasaki, Japan, in 1933 for Osaka Shosen Kaisha.^[1]^[2]

She was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy for use as a transport in late 1941. She was part of the invasion fleet for the Midway operation in June 1942 and the Battle of Milne Bay in August–September 1942, where she was damaged by a bomb. She also took part in the Guadalcanal campaign of August 1942–February 1943, in which she was also damaged by a bomb. She was struck by a dud torpedo from the United States Navy submarine USS Kingfish (SS-234) on 8 December 1942 in the Philippine Sea near Okinotorishima. On 25 December 1942, she was damaged by a torpedo from the submarine USS Seadragon (SS-194) in St. George's Channel near Cape St. George, New Ireland, and then collided with the Japanese destroyer Uzuki while Uzuki was maneuvering to counterattack Seadragon. Nankai Maru was sunk during a voyage from Singapore by a torpedo from the submarine USS Sealion (SS-315) on 12 September 1944 in the South China Sea east of Hainan Island at 18°42′N 114°30′E / 18.700°N 114.500°E / 18.700; 114.500.

Citations

^ "Osaka Shosen Kaisha". The Ships List. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
^ "Llyods Register 1941-42" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1944
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1943 1944 1945 August 1944 October 1944

History

Name	Nankai Maru
Launched	5 July 1932
Identification	Official number: 38116 Code Letters JKME
Fate	Sunk, 12 September 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage	8416 tons (gross), 5105 tons (net)
Length	446.8 ft (136.2 m)
Beam	60.5 ft (18.4 m)
Depth	40.7 ft (12.4 m)
Installed power	1678 NHP, built by Mitsubishi Zosen Kaisha
Propulsion	Oil engines, twin screw