Hikawa Maru

**Hikawa Maru**
	1930 Hikawa Maru-class ocean liner
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Instance of	ocean liner;
Named after	Hikawa Shrine;
Location	Yamashita Park, Yamashitachō, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Located in or next to body of water	Port of Yokohama;
Has use	museum ship;
Owned by	Nippon Yusen;
Operator	Nippon Yusen;
Manufacturer	Yokohama Dock;
Location of creation	Yokohama;
Shipping port	Yokohama;
Country of registry	Japan;
Vessel class	Hikawa Maru-class ocean liner;
Heritage designation	Important Cultural Property of Japan; Heritage of Industrial Modernization; Ship Heritage;
Service entry	13 May 1930;
Service retirement	3 October 1960;
Inception	25 April 1930;
Beam	20.1 m;
Length	163.3 m;
Maximum capacity	289;
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	35° 26′ 48.06″ N, 139° 39′ 04.51″ E
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	Q1186344; VIAF ID: 260623051; NDL Authority ID: 01017362; BabelNet ID: 00907944n
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日本語: 氷川丸は、日本の大洋貨客船。

English: Hikawa Maru is a Japanese ocean liner.

Ship

1929 Named: Hikawa Maru for the Nippon Yusen Kaisya Line, Tokyo
Late 1941 Refitted to hospital ship
During the war she struck mines on three occasions, however due to her extra thick steel plating she suffered only minor damage.
1945 Seized by the US government for transport US personal between the United States and Japan
1947 Operated as a simple freighter to the United States East Coast
1954 Refitted into a passenger liner
1960 End of service
1961 Owner: Hikawa Maru Kanko Co. Hulked to a floating youth hostel and a maritime museum in front of Yamashita Park
1973 Hotel closed, continued to operate as a Maritime Museum, restaurant and banquet facility
2003 Declared “cultural asset” to Yokohama.
12.2006 officially closed. Sold to NYK Line
08.2007 Restoration started
25.04.2008 Renamed NYK Hikawamaru however the name on her hull is unchanged. Reopened to the public