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Kinai Maru

CountryJapan
BuilderMitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
Sunk11 May 1943

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ww2dbaseKinai Maru, a 8360 gross ton diesel-powered freighter, was built at Nagasaki, Japan, in 1930. Owned by the Osaka Syosen K.K., she operated commercially during the next decade, and was employed in support of Japan's war effort after the Pacific War began in late 1941. On 11 May 1943 the MS Kinai Maru was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine Plunger.

ww2dbaseSource: United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command

Last Major Revision: Jan 2005

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Kinai Maru just off Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, Oct 1937Kinai Maru just prior to her sinking in the Pacific Ocean, 11 May 1943; photographed from USS PlungerKinai Maru sinking in the Pacific Ocean, 11 May 1943; photographed from USS Plunger




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