| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Shinyō Maru No. 3 |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA[1] |
| Launched | 1917 |
| Sponsored by | Skibs Akties Lodding's Rederi, Norway |
| Completed | June 1917 |
| Identification | 33184 |
| Fate | Torpedoed by USS Bowfin, 11 June 1945 |
| Notes | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 1,898 grt (5,375 m3) standard[1] |
| Length | 76.50 m (251 ft 0 in) o/a[1] |
| Beam | 13.26 m (43 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Draught | 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Installed power | 820 hp (611 kW)[1] |
| Speed | 9/10 knots[1] |
Shinyō Maru No. 3 (Japanese: 第三 信洋丸) or Sinyo Maru No. 3 (ex-Carmen, ex-Heng Tai, ex-Josho Maru) was an American-built Japanese cargo ship during World War II.
History
She was laid down in 1917 at the Cleveland, Ohio shipyard of the American Ship Building Company for the benefit of Skibs Akties Lodding's Rederi of Norway.[1][3] She was completed in June 1917 and christened Carmen.[3] In 1927, she was sold to Heng An S.S. (Hengan Steamship Company) of Shanghai and renamed Heng Tai (と改名).[1][3] In 1928, she was sold to Matsukawa Ryo Shokai (松川菱商会) in Nishinomiya and renamed Josho Maru.[1][3] In 1933, she was sold to Okada Shosen, K.K./Okada Shipping Co., Ltd. (岡田海運) in Kyoto and renamed Shinyō Maru No. 3 (第三 信洋丸).[1][3] On 1 March 1944, she was transferred to Daiko Merchant Shipping Co., Ltd. of Osaka after it merged with Okada Shipping.[1] The Lloyd's Register indicates her name was changed to Sinyo Maru in 1939[4][5] but Japanese sources do not confirm this.[1]
On 11 June 1945, while traveling un-escorted, the submarine USS Bowfin spotted her and fired four torpedoes, one of which hit.[6] She sunk in two minutes[6] at 39°20′N 127°30′E / 39.333°N 127.500°E off Wonsan, Korea.[1][2][7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "常昭丸 JOSHO MARU (1917)". Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
- ^ a b Lettens, Jan; Tony, Allen (12 December 2014). "Sinyo Maru No.3 (+1945)". Wrecksite.
- ^ a b c d e "Historical Collections of the Great Lakes – Carmen". Bowling Green State University.
- ^ "Lloyd's Registry of Ships 1938–1939" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1939.
- ^ "Lloyd's Registry of Ships 1939–1940" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1940.
- ^ a b "USS Bowfin History Patrol 9". USS Bowfin Submarine Marine Museum and Park. 24 July 2016.
- ^ Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1945, Juni". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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