Ōmi Maru

History
Japan
Name: MS Ōmi Maru
Operator: Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo
Builder: Napier and Miller
Yard number: 183
Launched: April 30, 1912
In service: 1912
Out of service: December 28, 1942
Fate: lost in war
General characteristics
Tonnage: 3,393
Length: 345.5 feet
Beam: 46.3 feet
Height: 25.5 feet
Notes: Steel construction

Ōmi Maru (近江丸) was the name of two Japanese ocean liners owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), Tokyo.[1]

The name Ōmi Maru derives from Ōmi province.[2]

1884-1910 vessel

The first NYK ship named Ōmi Maru was part of the fleet between 1885 and 1910.[3] It was the sister ship to the 'Yamashiro Maru'

Omi Maru 1884 1885 Built by Armstrong Mitchell, Low Walker Yard Number 468 Purchased from Kiodo Unyu K.K. Tokyo, 1910 scrapped Osaka.

Yamashiro Maru Built by Armstrong Mitchell, Low Walker Yard Number 467.1884 1885. Purchased from Kiodo Unyu K.K. Tokyo, 1910 scrapped Osaka

1912-1942 vessel

In 1912, Ōmi Maru entered NYK service along with vessels which were known as sister ships in the NYK fleet.[4]

In the early years of what became World War II, Ōmi Maru was commandeered by the Imperial Japanese Navy for use as a troopship. The ship was torpedoed and sunk south of the Caroline Islands by the submarine USS Triton on December 28, 1942.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Clydesite, Ōmi Maru (1912)
  2. ↑ Richard, Ponsonby-Fane. (1964) Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, p. 308; note that Takebe taisha is associated with this ship because it was the provincial ichinomiya.
  3. ↑ Ships List, NYK fleet; State Records Authority of New South Wales, Ōmi Maru, c. 1898; State Library of Victoria, Ōmi Maru, c. 1910
  4. ↑ Peattie, Mark R. (1988). Nanʻyo: the Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885-1945, pp. 144-145.

References

  • Peattie, Mark R. (1988). Nanʻyo: the Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885-1945. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824810870; OCLC 16578691
  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964). Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby-Fane Memorial Society. OCLC 1030156


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