Japanese cargo ship Mimasaka Maru (1944)

History
Empire of Japan
Name	Mimasaka Maru
Builder	Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Tokyo
Laid down	1943
Launched	January 9, 1944
Sponsored by	Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
Completed	February 6, 1944
Identification	51274
Fate	Sunk, 9 April 1944
Notes	Call sign: JNVS; ;
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	4,667 grt (13,215 m3) standard
Length	112.00 m (367 ft 5 in) o/a
Beam	15.80 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draught	9.10 m (29 ft 10 in)
Speed	11.5 knots

NameMimasaka Maru

BuilderIshikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Tokyo

Laid down1943

LaunchedJanuary 9, 1944

Mimasaka Maru (Japanese: 美作丸) was a Japanese cargo ship during World War II.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1944
Shipwrecks	2 Apr: U-360 3 Apr: U-288 4 Apr: I-169 6 Apr: U-302, U-455 7 Apr: I-2, U-856 8 Apr: U-2, U-962 9 Apr: U-515, Mimasaka Maru 10 Apr: USS SC-497, U-68 11 Apr: Akigumo, U-108 12 Apr: I-174 13 Apr: Ikazuchi 14 Apr: Bärenfels, Fort Stikine, U-448 15 Apr: No. 7 16 Apr: U-550 17 Apr: U-342, U-986 18 Apr: USS Gudgeon, Pan-Pennsylvania 19 Apr: U-974 20 Apr: USS Lansdale, Paul Hamilton, Voorbode 21 Apr: M 553 22 Apr: U-311 23 Apr: Amagiri 26 Apr: V 606 Fladengrund, I-180, U-488, Yoshida Maru No. 1 27 Apr: Frank E. Vigor, James H. Reed, U-803, Yūbari 28 Apr: USS LST-507 29 Apr: HMCS Athabaskan, I-183, USS PT-346, Sirène, U-421 30 Apr: Ro-45 Unknown date: U-193, U-355
Other incidents	2 Apr: I-46, Ro-46 10 Apr: USS Holder 11 Apr: USS Cero 13 Apr: USS Bashaw 14 Apr: Bombay explosion, HMHS Chantilly 16 Apr: Pan-Pennsylvania 20 Apr: Bergen explosion 24 Apr: LST-407 27 Apr: USS Etamin 29 Apr: USS Seahorse
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References

History




Empire of Japan
Name	Mimasaka Maru
Builder	Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Tokyo
Laid down	1943
Launched	January 9, 1944
Sponsored by	Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
Completed	February 6, 1944
Identification	51274^[1]
Fate	Sunk, 9 April 1944
Notes	Call sign: JNVS^[1]


General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	4,667 grt (13,215 m³) standard^[1]
Length	112.00 m (367 ft 5 in) o/a^[1]
Beam	15.80 m (51 ft 10 in)^[1]
Draught	9.10 m (29 ft 10 in)^[1]
Speed	11.5 knots^[1]