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 Suwa Maru at Vancouver
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| History | |
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 Japan | |
| Name | Suwa Maru |
| Operator |  Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Nagasaki, Japan |
| Yard number | 236 |
| Laid down | 28 October 1912 |
| Launched | 29 March 1914 |
| Completed | 10 September 1914 |
| Out of service | 28 March 1943 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Grounded after torpedo strike at Wake island |
| Notes | steel construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Suwa Maru class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 10,672 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 153.9 m (505 ft)pp |
| Beam | 19.4 m (64 ft) |
| Draught | 11.5 m (38 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2x 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engines, twin shafts, dual screws 616 hp (459 kW) |
| Speed | 16.4 knots (18.9 mph; 30.4 km/h) |
| Capacity | (129 first class, 59 second class, 62 third class) |
Suwa Maru (諏訪丸) was a Japanese passenger/cargo ship owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The ship was launched in 1914 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The ship was named for the Suwa Jinja, a noted Shinto shrine located in Suwa, Nagano.[1] In July 1941 the ship was taken into military service, and after being struck by torpedoes was beached on Wake island in the Pacific in 1943. Since it was able to beach there was not much loss of life, though the ship was later struck again a few months later and the wreck visible for many years after the war.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1935). The Nomenclature of the N.Y.K. Fleet, p. 50.