Toyama Maru
Toyama Maru in 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Toyama Maru |
| Namesake | Toyama |
| Owner |
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| Ordered | 1913 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Dockyard & Engineering Works |
| Laid down | 4 August 1913 |
| Launched | 20 March 1915 |
| Completed | 3 June 1915 |
| In service | June 1915 |
| Out of service | 29 June 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk near Tairajima, 29 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Troop transport |
| Tonnage | 7,085 GRT |
| Length | 135.6 m (444 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 17.7 m (58 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 5,700 shp (4,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | 4 x steam turbine engines DR geared to dual shaft, 2 screws, 4 single boilers, 12 corrugated furnaces |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Capacity | 4,330 troops |
| Crew | 76 |
Toyama Maru (富山丸) was a 7,089-ton Japanese troop transport during World War II. On 29 June 1944, Toyama Maru was transporting over 6,000 men of the Japanese 44th Independent Mixed Brigade when she was torpedoed and sunk.