Nagata Maru

The Nagata Maru (長田丸, Nagata maru) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo. The ship was entered into service in 1937.

History
Japan
Name: MS Nagata Maru
Operator: Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo
In service: 1937
Out of service: 1944
Fate: Bombed and sunk, 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage: 2,969
Notes: Steel construction

The name Nagata Maru derives from Nagata jinja, a Shinto shrine in Nagata Ward, Kobe, Japan.[1]

History

Nagata maru was the name of several Japanese vessels. In 1900, Fujinagata Shipyards completed its first all-metal construction merchant vessel; the No.2 Nagata Maru.

List of ships named Nagata Maru
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  • Nagata Maru No. 1
  • Nagata Maru No. 2
  • Nagata Maru No. 3
  • Nagata Maru No. 4
  • Nagata Maru No. 5
  • Nagata Maru No. 6
  • Nagata Maru No. 7
  • Nagata Maru No. 8[2]
  • Nagata Maru No. 9
  • Nagata Maru No. 10
  • Nagata Maru No. 11
  • Nagata Maru No. 12
  • Nagata Maru No. 13[2]
  • Nagata Maru (1937)

Pacific War

In 1939, Nagata Maru was commandeered by the Imperial Japanese Navy for use as a troopship.

During the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands, she installed within 2 days the seaplane base in Makin lagoon.

In transporting Allied prisoners, it was amongst those vessels which earned the epithet "hell ships."

In 1944, Nagata Maru was part of a Singapore-to-Saigon convoy anchored off Cape St. Jacques in French Indochina. The ship was bombed and sunk.

See also

Notes
  1. Richard, Ponsonby-Fane. (1964) Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, pp. 324-328; from 1871 through 1946, the Nagata Shrine stood in the second tier of government supported shrines which were especially venerated by the imperial family.
  2. Lloyd's. (1907). Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Vol. 2, p. 369., p. 369, at Google Books

References
  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964). Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby-Fane Memorial Society. OCLC 1030156
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