Anyo Maru
Anyo Maru (安洋丸, An'yō Maru) was a Japanese passenger liner.
She was built at a Mitsubishi shipyard from September 1911 to June 1913.[1] She was initially operated by Toyo Kisen Kaisha (TKK).[2] TKK built the vessel so she could take Asian immigrants to Pacific coast South American countries.[1]
In 1916 there was an incident where Crook collided with the ship while fog had occurred. This incident happened off of Lime Point outside of San Francisco.[3]
In 1921 it sailed into the harbor of Portland, Oregon, making it the largest ship at that time to visit that harbor.[4]
In 1926 the ship was transferred to NYK Line.[5]
On January 8, 1945, a United States submarine, in the course of World War II, caused Anyo Maru to sink.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b Yamada (English translation), p. 2.
- ^ "Launch of T.K.K. Steamer: "Anyo-Maru" takes the water at Nagasaki" (PDF). The Japan Weekly Chronicle. 1913-02-06. p. 258 – via Google Books.
- ^ "U.S. Probes Crook Crash with Liner". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco. 1916-07-22. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Anyo Maru, 18,500 tons, biggest ship ever in Portland Harbor". Oregon Daily Journal. Vol. 19, no. 269. Portland, Oregon. 1921-01-17. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Yamada (English translation), p. 9.
- ^ "Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes". The Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee. February 1947. Retrieved 2026-01-04 – via United States Navy.
References
- Yamada, Michio (June 1994). "The Appearance of the Anyo Maru, the First Ship Specially Built for Emigration" (PDF). Ships of the World. Translated by R. Douglas Welch – via The Academic Society for Cruise and Ferry, Japan.
- Original Japanese article: Yamada, Michio (June 1994). "最初の新造移民船安洋丸の登場" [The Appearance of the Anyo Maru, the First Ship Specially Built for Emigration] (PDF). Ships of the World (in Japanese). pp. 110–116 – via The Academic Society for Cruise and Ferry, Japan.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anyo Maru (ship, 1913).
- "Ocean liner Anyo Maru moored at Municipal Terminal No. 4, Portland". Oregon Journal. 1921-01-17 – via Oregon Historical Society.
- "〔進水する安洋丸 ANYO MARU〕" (in Japanese). University of Tokyo Digital Archive Portal. - Full image
- "〔公試中の安洋丸〕" (in Japanese). University of Tokyo Digital Archive Portal. - Full image
- https://www.jsu.or.jp:443/siryo/sunk/pdf/mota30.pdf
