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Brazil Maru

IMO N?: 46463 Type of ship: Ocean Liner Call Sign: JCZN Flag: Japan Ship?s Owners: Osaka Shosen K. K. - OSK Line GRT: 12.752 LOA: 157,20 Mts. B: 21,00 Mts. D: 12,60 Mts. Ship?s Yard: Mitsubishi Jukogyo K. K. Hull N?: 735 Date built: 1939 Main Engine Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Jukogyo K. K. 2 x 11 cyl. 2SCSA Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesels, Power: 3076 n.h.p. Speed: 21,40 Knots. 2 Shafts. 2 Screws. On August 5th, 1942, US submarine Greenling (Henry C. Bruton SS-213), attacks Japanese shipping about, 150 miles north-northwest of Truk, torpedoes and sinks unescorted liner BRASIL MARU and merchant passenger-cargo ship PALAO MARU. BRAZIL MARU, carrying 240 Japanese returnees, is hit twice and sinks quicky by the bow, taking with her 57 crew and an unknown number of passengers. 200 survive. 15 August 1942 (after 10 days): Auxiliary gunboat CHOAN MARU NO.2 picks up 54 survivors at 08-31N, 149-16E from lifeboat No. 7. 16 August 1942 (after 11 days): Lifeboat No.19 with 52 survivors reaches Ono Island, near Truk. 24 August 1942 (after 19 days): Lifeboat No.18 with 52 survivors is rescued by patrol craft TAKUNAN MARU NO.10. 29 August 1942 (after 24 days):: Lifeboat No.17 with 53 survivors is rescued by auxiliary gunboat CHOAN MARU NO.2 at 11-26N, 147-58E. Note: Palao Maru wrongly named Palau Maru and Brasil Maru as Brazil Maru by many sources.

Username	surveychile
Armateur	Osaka Shosen K. K. - OSK Line
Ship manager
Numéro IMO
Type de navire	Passenger Ship
Année et chantier de construction	1939 Mitsubishi Jukogyo K. K.
Date
Lieu
Téléchargée le	20/05/2016
Dimension	1200 x 527
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