Kashi Maru
Japanese auxiliary minelayer, now a dive site in the Solomon Islands
History | |
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Japan | |
Name | Kashi Maru |
Builder | Osaka Iron Works , Sakurajima |
Launched | 21 March 1940 |
Completed | 30 April 1940 |
Fate | Bombed and sunk, 2 July 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 654 GRT |
Displacement | 1,365 long tons (1,387 t ) |
Length | 52.43 m (172 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | 1 × 6-cylinder 4-stroke 550 hp (410 kW) diesel engine |
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Complement | 20 |
Kasi Maru or Kashi Maru ( 橿丸 , Kashi Maru , " live oak ") was a Japanese auxiliary minelayer/ merchant ship , sunk in Mbaeroko Bay , near Munda , during a World War II bombing raid on 2 July 1943.
Kashi Maru was built in 1940 at the Osaka Iron Works . The ship was unloading a cargo of fuel and vehicles [1] when she was attacked and sunk by USAAF B-25 bombers, escorted by USN F4U fighters. [2]
The site of the shipwreck is popular for divers, [3] and was featured in the Nature episode "War Wrecks of the Coral Seas". [4]
References
- ↑ Maynard, Peter (1986). "Kashi Maru" . pacificwrecks.com . Retrieved 18 September 2012 .
- ↑ Cressman, Robert J. (1999). "Chapter V: 1943" . The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II . Retrieved 18 September 2012 .
- ↑ "Munda (Western Province) Dive Sites" . welkamsolomons.com . 2012. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011 . Retrieved 18 September 2012 .
- ↑ "War Wrecks of the Coral Seas" . PBS . 2012 . Retrieved 18 September 2012 .
8°06′S 157°20′E / 8.100°S 157.333°E / -8.100; 157.333
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