物語
This freighter (west-class cargo) was built in 1919 by J.F. Duthie & Co. in Seattle, WA.
歴史的注記
On June 30, 1944 this vessel, while en route from Korea to Japan, was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea near Mokpo Korea by the submarine USS Tang with the loss of 3,200 Japanese soldiers.
所有者と船長
In 1919 she was owned by the United States Shipping Board.
In 1926-1927 she was owned by The United States War Shipping Administration, Seattle WA USA.
In 1935 she was owned by the Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Co., San Francisco CA USA.
In 1941 she was seized by the Government of Japan in the Philippine Islands.
In 1944-1945 she was owned by Kitagawa Sangyo Kaisun K.K., Osaka Japan.
参考文献
- Newell, Gordon (ed.) The H.W. McCurdy Marine history of the Pacific Northwest 1966 Seattle WA: Superior Publishing Co
- Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927
- Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1944-1945
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1935)