Kashi Maru
| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name | Kashi Maru |
| Builder | Osaka Iron Works,Sakurajima |
| Launched | 21 March 1940 |
| Completed | 30 April 1940 |
| Fate | Bombed and sunk, 2 July 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 654GRT |
| Displacement | 1,365long tons(1,387t) |
| Length | 52.43 m (172 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 6-cylinder4-stroke550 hp (410 kW)diesel engine |
| Speed | 11.5knots(21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Complement | 20 |
Kasi MaruorKashi Maru(橿 hoàn,Kashi Maru,"live oak")was a Japanese auxiliary minelayer/merchant ship,sunk inMbaeroko Bay,nearMunda,during aWorld War IIbombing raid on 2 July 1943.
Kashi Maruwas built in 1940 at theOsaka Iron Works.The ship was unloading a cargo of fuel and vehicles[1]when she was attacked and sunk byUSAAFB-25bombers, escorted byUSNF4Ufighters.[2]
The site of the shipwreck is popular for divers,[3]and was featured in theNatureepisode "War Wrecks of the Coral Seas".[4]
References[edit]
- ^Maynard, Peter (1986)."Kashi Maru".pacificwrecks.com.Retrieved18 September2012.
- ^Cressman, Robert J. (1999)."Chapter V: 1943".The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II.Retrieved18 September2012.
- ^"Munda (Western Province) Dive Sites".welkamsolomons.com.2012. Archived fromthe originalon 17 September 2011.Retrieved18 September2012.
- ^"War Wrecks of the Coral Seas".PBS.2012.Retrieved18 September2012.
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