Name Goshū Maru Acquired 14 September 1940 Struck 21 April 1944 Launched 14 October 1939 Draft 12 m | Laid down 27 December 1938 Out of service 31 March 1944 Construction started 27 December 1938 Length 135 m Beam 18 m | |
Fate Sunk 30 or 31 March 1944 Builders Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe | ||
Goshū Maru was an aircraft transport vessel of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The ship was initially built at Kawasaki's Kōbe Shipyard and launched on 14 October 1939 as a merchant vessel for Goyo Shosen K. K. On 14 September 1940 the IJN requisitioned as a transport ship and was refitted in 1940 as an aircraft transport. The ship subsequently saw service in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Goshū Maru was sunk by United States Navy aircraft in the Palau Islands on 30 or 31 March 1944.
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