SS Myoko Maru (1939)

The Myoko Maru (Kanji:妙高丸) was a 4,103-gross register ton cargo ship built by Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yokohama for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha in 1939. She was transferred to Toa Kaiun Kabushiki Kaisha in 1939 and was requisitioned in 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

The wrecked Japanese ship Myoko Maru aground at Malahang in September 1943.
History
Name: Myoko Maru
Owner:
  • Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (1939)
  • Toa Kaiun Kabushiki Kaisha (1939–1941)
  • Imperial Japanese Army (1941–1943)
Builder: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yokohama
Launched: 1939
Fate: Driven aground by US aircraft on 7 January 1943.
General characteristics
Displacement: 4,103 GRT
Length: 364.0 feet (111 m)[1]
Beam: 50.0 feet (15 m)
Draught: 29.0 feet (9 m)
Propulsion: Two steam turbines (600 NHP)

Fate

On 7 January 1943, Myoko Maru was damaged by United States aircraft of the 49th Fighter Group off Lae, New Guinea, whereupon it was steered up on the beach near Malahang at 06°49'S, 147°04'E, where it was bombed again the next day and destroyed. The wreck was known as the "Malahang Wreck".

Notes
  1. "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
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