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SS Suez MaruJapan
NameSuez Maru
NamesakeSuez
Owner
  • 1919: Kokusai Kisen KK
  • 1934: Kuribayashi Shosen KK
Port of registry
  • 1919: Uraga
  • 1934: "Okada"
BuilderUraga Dock Company, Uraga
Yard number150
Launched1919
CompletedAugust 1919
Out of service29 November 1943
Identification
  • code letters RMBP
  • call sign JSCD
Fatesunk by torpedo by USS Bonefish
General characteristics
Typepassenger and cargo ship
Tonnage4,646 GRT, 3,330 NRT
Length360.0 ft (109.7 m)
Beam51.2 ft (15.6 m)
Draft23 ft 2 in (7.1 m)
Depth26.1 ft (8.0 m)
Decks2
Installed power377 NHP
Propulsion
  • 1 × triple-expansion engine
  • 1 × screw
Speed10.5 knots (19 km/h)

Suez Maru was a Japanese passenger and cargo steamship that was built in 1919, used as a hell ship, and sunk in 1943. The submarine USS Bonefish sank her when she was carrying 548 Allied prisoners of war (PoWs). Many drowned, but many others were shot by the Japanese.

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