SS Sin-ai Maru (1921)

Sin-ai Maru, also known as Shin-ai Maru was a 3,794 ton transport ship of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

History
Japan
Name
  • Shin-ai Maru (1921-1938)
  • Sin-ai Maru (1938-1943)
OwnerKishimoto Kisen K.K.
BuilderFujimagata Dockyard, Osaka
Launched1921
CompletedMarch 1921
FateSunk by aircraft on 3 March 1943 at 07°15'S, 148°30'E
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length345 feet (105 m)
Beam50 feet (15 m)
Draught29 feet (8.8 m)
Installed power342 NHP
PropulsionTriple expansion engines

Built by Fujimagata Dockyard, Osaka and launched in 1921 as Shin-ai Maru.[1] She was renamed Sin-ai Maru in 1938.

She left Rabaul, New Britain on 1 March 1943, as part of Operation 81, carrying a cargo of troops, equipment, fuel, landing craft and ammunition for Lae, New Guinea.[2] The convoy was attacked by aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces and Royal Australian Air Force from 2 March 1943, known as the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Sin-ai Maru was bombed on 3 March and sank at 07°15'S., 148°30'E.
18 crew, 45 gunners and an unknown number of troops were KIA.[3]

Notes
  1. "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. McAulay 1991, p. 39
  3. "Shinai Maru (+1943)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 2016-10-01.

References
  • McAulay, Lex (1991). Battle of the Bismarck Sea. New York: St Martins Press. ISBN 0-312-05820-9. OCLC 23082610.
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