Japanese minesweeper Tama Maru No. 2

History
Empire of Japan
NameTama Maru No. 2
Owner
BuilderMitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Launched1936
Home portKobe
Identification42340
FateSunk as a result of damage by US aircraft on 24 December 1942
Notes
General characteristics
Class & typeTama Maru-class
Tonnage515 GRT 254 NRT[1]
Length119.7 feet (36.5 m)[2]
Beam24.1 feet (7.3 m)
Draught13.7 feet (4.2 m)
PropulsionTriple expansion engines (76 NHP)

Tama Maru No. 2 (Japanese: 第二玉丸) was a 264 gross register tons (GRT) whaler built by Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe for Taiyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha in 1936.[3][4] She was one of 19 Type F ships built.[5] She was requisitioned in 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and converted into a minesweeper. On 24 December 1942, during the invasion of Lae-Salamaua, Tama Maru No. 2 was attacked and sunk by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers from the United States Navy aircraft carriers USS Lexington and USS Yorktown off Lae, New Guinea.

Notes

  1. ↑ Toda, Gengoro S. "標準船 - F型標準船 (Standard Vessel- Type F - Stats)" (PDF). Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
  2. ↑ "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  3. ↑ Niehorster, Leo; Donahoo, Jeff. "Auxiliary Minesweepers of the Imperial Japanese Navy". World War II Armed Forces - Orders of Battle and Organizations. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Toda, Gengoro S. "第二玉丸の船歴 (Tama Maru No. 2 - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
  5. ↑ Toda, Gengoro S. "Ｆ型標準船 (F type standard ship)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
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