SS Taimei Maru (1936)

Taimei Maru was a 2,883 ton transport ship of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Taimei Maru straddled by bombs in March 1943
History
Japan
NameTaimei Maru
Owner
  • Kinkai Yusen K.K.
  • Nippon Yusen K.K.
BuilderMitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Yokohama
CompletedJuly 1936
FateSunk by aircraft on 3 March 1943 at 07°15'S, 148°30'E
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length326.2 feet (99.4 m)
Beam44.2 feet (13.5 m)
Draught24 feet (7.3 m)
Installed power284 NHP
PropulsionTriple expansion engines

Built by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Yokohama and launched in 1936 for Kinkai Yusen K.K.[1] She was sold in 1939 to Nippon Yusen K.K..

She left Rabaul, New Britain on 1 March 1943, as part of Operation 81, carrying a cargo of troops, equipment, fuel, landing craft and ammunition for Lae, New Guinea.[2] The convoy was attacked by aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces and Royal Australian Air Force from 2 March 1943, known as the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Taimei Maru was bombed on 3 March and sank at 07°15'S., 148°30'E.
Of those aboard, some 200 were killed during the attack.[3]

Notes
  1. "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. McAulay 1991, p. 39
  3. "Taimei Maru". Shipwrecks. Retrieved 2016-10-01.

References
  • McAulay, Lex (1991). Battle of the Bismarck Sea. New York: St Martins Press. ISBN 0-312-05820-9. OCLC 23082610.
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