Category:Kohso Maru (ship, 1917)

Ship[edit]

• Type: General cargo ship
• Built by: Osaka Iron Works Ltd.
• Yard No:
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1917
• Length over all: 305.0 ft
• Beam: 43.7 ft
• GRT: 3180, later 3178
• plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk
• www.combinedfleet.com
• www.theshipslist.com

History[edit]

• 1917 Named Kohso Maru; Flag: Japan
  • Call sign: JHDB
  • Port: Osaka
  • Owner: Osaka Shosen K.K.
• 1932.06.29 Caught fire and beached at Candon, Philippines. Refloated 3 July.
• 1938 Renamed Koso Maru (or just re-transliterated in Lloyd's; there are earlier references to "Koso")
• 1943.09.19 Driven ashore near Naze during storm and wrecked