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Japanese ship-naming conventions. Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle ), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals.
Speed. 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) Montevideo Maru ( Japanese: もんてびでお丸) was a merchant ship of the Empire of Japan. Launched in 1926, it was pressed into service as a military transport during World War II. It was sunk by the American submarine USS Sturgeon on 1 July 1942, drowning 1,054 people, mostly Australian prisoners of war and ...
Select list. The names of the Japanese hell ships used during World War II includes some variants which are different names referring to the same ship. Aikoku Maru. Aki Maru (Japanese Kyūjitai: 安藝丸, Shinjitai: 安芸丸) [1] Akikase. Akitzuki [2] Amagi Maru [3] Anami Maru. Aramis (aka Teia Maru)
Arisan Maru was a 6,886 GRT Type 2A freighter constructed in 1944 during World War II and was one of Imperial Japan 's hell ships. The vessel, named for a mountain on Taiwan, was initially used as a troop transport. The vessel was then turned over for use for the transportation of prisoners of war (POWs) from the Philippines to Manchuria, China ...
After Watanuki becomes the new shop's owner, Maru and Moro become his assistants. Later it is shown that they have developed a very close bond with Watanuki, similar to the one they had with Yūko. Maru is voiced by Kazuko Kojima in Japanese and Leah Clark in English. Played by Ririka Kawashima in the drama series and Daoko in the movie
Aikoku Maru (1940) Aikoku Maru. (1940) Aikoku Maru (愛国丸) was an armed merchant cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The ship entered service in 1940, the ship was later converted to an ammunition ship. She was sunk in February 1944 during Operation Hailstone .
Maru (born May 24, 2007) is a male Scottish Straight cat in Japan who has become popular on YouTube. Videos featuring Maru have been viewed over 535 million times, and at one point held the Guinness World Record for the most YouTube video views of an individual animal. [1] [2] Maru has been described as the "most famous cat on the internet".
Landing craft carriers or landing craft depot ships were an innovative type of amphibious warfare ship developed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The prototype was developed in secrecy under the pseudonyms Ryujo Maru and Fuso Maru [1] using features later adopted by other navies for dock landing ships and amphibious transport ...