Name Myoko Maru Displacement 4,103 gross ton Length 111 m Draft 8.8 m | Status Shipwreck Launched 1939 Weight 4,169 tons Beam 15 m | |
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Owner Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (1939)Toa Kaiun Kabushiki Kaisha (1939-1941)Imperial Japanese Army (1941-1943) Fate Driven aground by US aircraft on 7 January 1943. | ||
The Myoko Maru was a 4,103 gross ton cargo ship built by Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yokohama for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha in 1939. She was transferred to Toa Kaiun Kabushiki Kaisha in 1939 and was requisitioned in 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Fate
On 7 January 1943, Myoko Maru was damaged by United States aircraft of the 49th Fighter Group off Lae, New Guinea, whereupon it was steered up on the beach near Malahang at 06°49'S, 147°04'E, where it was bombed again the next day and destroyed. The wreck was known as the "Malahang Wreck".
References
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