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Kamakura Maru arriving at Yokohama with the ashes of the four submariners killed in the attack on Sydney Harbour
History
Japan
Name
Chichibu Maru (1930-1938)
Kamakura Maru (1939-1943)
Operator
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Builder
Yokohama Dock Co., Yokohama, Japan
Yard number
170
Laid down
6 February 1928
Launched
8 May 1929
Completed
10 March 1930
Maiden voyage
April 1930
Fate
Sunk by USS Gudgeon, 28 April 1943
General characteristics
Type
Passenger liner
Tonnage
17,526 GRT
Length
170.7 m (560 ft 0 in)
Beam
22.6 m (74 ft 2 in)
Draft
28.5'
Propulsion
2 Burmeister & Wain diesels, twin screws
Speed
19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Capacity
817 passengers
The Chichibu Maru (秩父丸) was a Japanese passenger ship which, renamed Kamakura Maru, was sunk during World War II, killing 2,035 soldiers and civilians on board.
The Chichibu Maru was built for the Nippon Yusen shipping company by the Yokohama Dock Company. She was launched on 8 May 1929 and completed in 1930.[1] She had a beam of 22.6 meters, a length of 178 meters and a tonnage of 17,498. Cruising speed was 19 knots, with a maximum of 21 knots. The ship could carry 817 passengers. She differed from her half-sisters, the Asama Maru and the Tatsuta Maru, in her propulsion system, and in having one (rather than two) funnels.
Before the war, the ship carried passengers between Yokohama and San Francisco. Prince Takamatsu and Princess Takamatsu also traveled on this ship. Following the adoption of Kunrei-shiki romanization the ship was renamed Kamakura Maru in 1939.
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Global Information
Japan
Nippon Yusen Kaisha