Akagi Maru

Akagi Maru was one of three Akagi Maru-class armed merchantmen of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was launched in 1936. Akagi Maru was used initially used as a refrigerated cargo/passenger ship between ports in Japan, Europe and South America. The ship took part in World War II in the Pacific Ocean and was sunk with great loss of life by air attack on 17 February 1944 in Chuuk Lagoon as a part of the Allied Operation Hailstone.

MainTimelineWikipediaGalleryBibliographyTableSearch

Wikimedia, Wikidata
length 147.75 metre, speed 18.9 knot, beam 18.98 metre, draft 10.45 metre, 
light cruiser, shipwreck, Mitsubishi, Imperial Japanese Navy, Empire of Japan, 

• Wrecksite page^@
​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Location: 7.8333, 151.4167, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

Loading map...

• 

  Katori ⓘ
  1939 Katori-class cruiser

• 

  Maikaze ⓘ
  1941 Kagerō-class destroyer

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1935-12-02T00:00:00Z

1935-12-02T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1936-06-06T00:00:00Z

1936-06-06T00:00:00Z

ship launching

{"selectable":false,"showCurrentTime":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}

Frameless

Akagi Maru NYK Scan10005

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Wrecksite page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		Katori	cruiser, Katori-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Maikaze	Kagerō-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Akagi Maru	light cruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
commons	image		Akagi Maru NYK Scan10005		Commons