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No.655 Aki Maru launched in 1942

11,409grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Trigger off Luzon 1944 Image attribution: Ueda Kihachiro

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No.661 Awa Maru launched in 1942

11,249grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by USS Queenfish in the Pacific 1945

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No.1260 Blue Zephyr launched in 1990

12,500GT for Nippon Yusen Kaisha by Kanda Zosen KK, Kawajiri IMO: 8902357 Tian Ren 1999 Jinchon Ferry Scrapped Chittagong, arrived 30 Oct 2020 Image from smp via Marine Traffic

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No.382 Hakusan Maru launched in 1923

10,380grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Flier off Iwojima 1944

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No.645 Miike Maru launched in 1941

11,739grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by USS Trigger of the Caroline Islands 1944 http://combinedfleet.com/Miike_t.htm

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No.647 launched as Kashiwara Maru 1941

24,150grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Completed as aircraft carrier Junyo 1941 Japanese Navy Torpedoed 1944, hulked & broken up 1947 Japanese aircraft carrier Junyō moored at Sasebo, Japan, in 1945

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No.332 Hakone Maru launched in 1921

10,423grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Bombed off Formosa 1943

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No.341 Haruna Maru launched in 1921

10,421grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Stranded off Surga Bay 1942

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No.629 Nitta Maru launched in 1939

17,150grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Chuyo 1942 an aircraft carrier with the Japanese Navy Torpedoed by US submarine Sailfish 1943 Nitta Maru as she pulls into Pier 8 in Honolulu harbor on May 26, 1940 From Rich … Continue reading

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No.244 Suwa Maru launched in 1914

10,927grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed Wake Island Pacific 1943 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com Suwa Maru in Singapore in the 1930s whilst the Empress of Britain was on her World Cruise Suwa Maru at Wake Island

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