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Japanese cargo ship Shinyō Maru No. 3

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Coordinates: 39°20′N 127°30′E / 39.333°N 127.500°E / 39.333; 127.500
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For other ships with the same name, see Shin'yō Maru.
History
Empire of Japan
NameShinyō Maru No. 3
BuilderAmerican Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA[1]
Launched1917
Sponsored bySkibs Akties Lodding's Rederi, Norway
CompletedJune 1917
Identification33184
FateTorpedoed by USS Bowfin, 11 June 1945
Notes
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage1,898 grt (5,375 m3) standard[1]
Length76.50 m (251 ft 0 in) o/a[1]
Beam13.26 m (43 ft 6 in)[1]
Draught6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)[1]
Installed power820 hp (611 kW)[1]
Speed9/10 knots[1]

Shinyō Maru No. 3 (Japanese: 第三 信洋丸) or Sinyo Maru No. 3 (ex-Carmen, ex-Heng Tai, ex-Josho Maru) was an American-built Japanese cargo ship during World War II.

History

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She was laid down in 1917 at the Cleveland, Ohio shipyard of the American Ship Building Company for the benefit of Skibs Akties Lodding's Rederi of Norway.[1][3] She was completed in June 1917 and christened Carmen.[3] In 1927, she was sold to Heng An S.S. (Hengan Steamship Company) of Shanghai and renamed Heng Tai (と改名).[1][3] In 1928, she was sold to Matsukawa Ryo Shokai (松川菱商会) in Nishinomiya and renamed Josho Maru.[1][3] In 1933, she was sold to Okada Shosen, K.K./Okada Shipping Co., Ltd. (岡田海運) in Kyoto and renamed Shinyō Maru No. 3 (第三 信洋丸).[1][3] On 1 March 1944, she was transferred to Daiko Merchant Shipping Co., Ltd. of Osaka after it merged with Okada Shipping.[1] The Lloyd's Register indicates her name was changed to Sinyo Maru in 1939[4][5] but Japanese sources do not confirm this.[1]

On 11 June 1945, while traveling un-escorted, the submarine USS Bowfin spotted her and fired four torpedoes, one of which hit.[6] She sunk in two minutes[6] at 39°20′N 127°30′E / 39.333°N 127.500°E / 39.333; 127.500 off Wonsan, Korea.[1][2][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "常昭丸 JOSHO MARU (1917)". Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
  2. ^ a b Lettens, Jan; Tony, Allen (12 December 2014). "Sinyo Maru No.3 (+1945)". Wrecksite.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Historical Collections of the Great Lakes – Carmen". Bowling Green State University.
  4. ^ "Lloyd's Registry of Ships 1938–1939" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1939.
  5. ^ "Lloyd's Registry of Ships 1939–1940" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1940.
  6. ^ a b "USS Bowfin History Patrol 9". USS Bowfin Submarine Marine Museum and Park. 24 July 2016.
  7. ^ Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1945, Juni". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2015.


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