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Merchant ships of Japan include all merchant ships designed, built, or operated by Japan. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 ...
Tashirō Iwashige, The visual guide of Japanese wartime merchant marine, "Dainippon Kaiga". Archived from the original on 2002-12-07. (Japan), May 2009; Ships of the World special issue, The Golden Age of Japanese Passenger Liners, "Kaijinsha"., (Japan), May 2004; Voyage of a Century "Photo Collection of NYK Ships", "Nippon Yūsen"., (Japan ...
The Myoko Maru (Kanji: 妙高丸) was a 4,103-gross register 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 .
Montevideo Maru (Japanese: もんてびでお丸) was a merchant ship of the Empire of Japan.Launched in 1926, it was pressed into service as a military transport during World War II.
Kaiwo Maru (海王丸) is a Japanese former training barque. She was built by Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation in Kobe, and was launched on 27 January 1930 alongside her sister ship Nippon Maru. [1] She was operated by the Tokyo Institute for Maritime Training to train officers for Japan's merchant marine. [1]
Red seal ships (朱印船, Shuinsen) were Japanese armed merchant sailing ships bound for Southeast Asian ports with red-sealed letters patent issued by the early Tokugawa shogunate in the first half of the 17th century. [2] Between 1600 and 1635, more than 350 Japanese ships went overseas under this permit system. [3]
The ship was launched in 1939 and was notable for being the most advanced freighter of its time. [1] It was commissioned by the Imperial Japanese Army to transport troops in World War II and was part of the Japanese Invasion of Malaya on 8 December 1941.
Arisan Maru was a 6,886 GRT Type 2A freighter constructed in 1944 during World War II and was one of Imperial Japan's hell ships.The vessel, named for a mountain on Taiwan, was initially used as a troop transport.