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Name: AMERICA MARU
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/03/1898
Completed: 09/1898
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 229
Dimensions: 6070grt, 3126nrt, 423.0 x 51.1 x 29.5ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (28.25, 46 & 75 x 48ins), 1080nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 16.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
09/1898 Toyo Kisen KK, Tokyo
1911 Osaka Shosen KK, Osaka
06/03/1944 Sank
Comments: 06/03/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by submarine USS NAUTILUS
at position 22.19N - 143.54E, NW of the Marianas


Above photo courtesy of the Bjorn Larsson Collection

Glasgow Herald, Monday, 26/09/1898