Category:Nisshin Maru No.2 (ship, 1937)

Ship summary edit

• Type: Whaling factory ship
• Built by: Kawasaki Dockyard, Ltd. Kobe Shipyard, Japan
• Yard No: 617
• Keel laid: 16 December 1936
• Launched: 9 June 1937
• Completed: 6 October 1937
• Loa: 163.07 m
• B: 22.56 m
• D: 14.86 m
• GRT: 17,533
• DWT: 21,989

History edit

• 1937 named Nisshin Maru No.2 for Taiyo Hogei K. K.
  • Flag: Japan
  • Official number: 43915
  • Callsign: JTSL
• 2 November 1941 commandeered by the Imperial Japanese Navy
• 31 March 1943 transferred to Nishi Taiyo Gyogyo Tosei K. K.
• 17 April 1943 damaged by the submarine torpedo attack
• 30 November 1943 scrapped