Kongō Maru (1934)
 pre-war Kongō Maru
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Kongō Maru |
| Namesake | Kongō |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Harima Shibuilding and Co., Japan |
| Laid down | 22 February 1934 |
| Launched | 7 December 1934 |
| Commissioned | 5 March 1935 |
| Stricken | 20 March 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk by US aircraft, 10 March 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 7,043 GRT |
| Displacement | 8,624 long tons (8,762 t) |
| Length | 453.5 feet (138.2 m)[1] |
| Beam | 60.7 feet (18.5 m) |
| Draught | 30.8 feet (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 19.63 knots (22.59 mph; 36.35 km/h) |
| Complement | 50 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1x Kawanishi E7K floatplane |
Kongō Maru (金剛丸) was an 7,043
Civilian service
Kongō Maru was designed for Kokusai Kisen primarily as a freighter, although she had six first-class cabins, and could accommodate twelve passengers. She was completed on 4 March 1935. Kokusai Kisen received subsidies from the Japanese government for her construction, as part of a program to encourage the production of large, high-speed transports and tankers, which could be quickly converted to military use in times of conflict. She made her maiden voyage from Kobe to Penang via the Philippines on 8 March 1935.
From January 1937, Kongō Maru was leased to Nippon Yusen, and operated on trade routes to the eastern coast of North America via the Panama Canal. She set a speed record for crossing the Pacific Ocean in nine days, 10 hours in 1939 and continued to be operated on this route until August 1941.
Military service
On 6 August 1941, Kongō Maru was requisitioned by the
During the
Notes
- ^ "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ a b IJN KONGO MARU CombinedFleet.com: Kongo Maru Tabular Record of Movement;
References
- Brown, David (1990). Warship Losses of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-914-X.
- Cressman, Robert (1999). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557501491.
- Devereaux, Colonel James P.S., USMC (1947). The Story of Wake Island. The Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-264-0.)
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External links
- Chronological List of Japanese Merchant Vessel Losses
- Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
- Parshall, Jon; Bob Hackett; Sander Kingsepp; Allyn Nevitt. "CombinedFleet.com: Kongo Maru class armed merchant cruisers".
- Parshall, Jon; Bob Hackett; Sander Kingsepp; Allyn Nevitt. "CombinedFleet.com: Kongo Maru Tabular Record of Movement".