SS Ryūsei Maru
History | |
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Name: | SS Ryusei Maru |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. |
Yard number: | 177 |
Launched: | 1911 |
Fate: | Sunk 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage: | 4,777 GRT |
Length: | 117.3 m (385 ft) |
Beam: | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
Draft: | 8.4 m (28 ft) |
Installed power: | Triple expansion steam engine 349 hp (260 kW) |
Propulsion: | Single screw |
Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
SS Ryusei Maru (隆西丸 Ryūsei Maru) was a Japanese transport ship that was sunk by USS Rasher on 25 February 1944. Nearly 5,000 lives were lost.
See also
References
- "Ryusei Maru (+1944)". Wreck Site. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
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