SS Sin-ai Maru (1921)
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| Name: | Shin-ai Maru (1921-1938) Sin-ai Maru (1938-1943) |
| Owner: | Kishimoto Kisen K.K. |
| Builder: | Fujimagata Dockyard, Osaka |
| Launched: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Sunk by aircraft on 3 March 1943 at 07°15'S, 148°30'E |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 3,794 GRT 2,305 NRT |
| Length: | 345 feet (105 m) |
| Beam: | 50 feet (15 m) |
| Draught: | 29 feet (8.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 342 NHP |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion engines |
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.
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.
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- ↑ McAulay 1991, p. 39
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