Terukuni Maru class ocean liner

NYK Line Terukuni Maru
Class overview
Name:	Terukuni Maru class ocean liner
Builders:	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:	Nippon Yūsen (NYK Line) Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
Cost:	6,177,000 JPY
Built:	1929 – 1930
In commission:	1930 – 1944
Planned:	2
Completed:	2
Lost:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Ocean liner
Tonnage:	Terukuni Maru 11931 t gross Yasukuni Maru 11933 t gross
Length:	160.5 m (526 ft 7 in) overall
Beam:	19.5 m (64 ft 0 in)
Draught:	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts 10,000 bhp cruising 14,368 bhp full boost
Speed:	Terukuni Maru 17.8 knots (20.5 mph; 33.0 km/h) Yasukuni Maru 18.0 knots (20.7 mph; 33.3 km/h)
Capacity:	249 passengers (121 first class, 68 tourist class, 60 third class)
Crew:	177
Armament:	Yasukuni Maru, 1941 4 × 150 mm (5.9 in) L/40 naval guns 4 × 13 mm AA guns

The Terukuni Maru-class ocean liner (照國丸型貨客船,, Terukuni Maru-gata Kakyakusen^?) was a class of ocean liners of Japan, serving during the 1930s, and into World War II.

The wreck lay on its side, partly submerged and visible to wartime shipping in the Thames Estuary area.

NYK Line Yasukuni Maru in 1930

(left) IJN Aux. submarine tender Yasukuni Maru in 1941

(center) IJN Aux. submarine tender Yasukuni Maru in 1942

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