SS Myoko Maru (1939)
 The wrecked Japanese ship Myoko Maru aground at Malahang in September 1943.
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| History | |
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| Name | Myoko Maru |
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| Builder | Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yokohama |
| Launched | 1939 |
| Fate | Driven aground by US aircraft on 7 January 1943. |
| Status | Shipwreck |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 4,103 gross ton |
| 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) |
The Myoko Maru was a 4,103 gross 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.
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
- ^ "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
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