MV Kinryu Maru was a 9,310 gross register tons (GRT) passenger cargo ship built by Kawasaki Dockyard Company, Kobe for Kokusai Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha in 1937. She was requisitioned …

On July 20, 1942 at 8:00pm Kinryu Maru, Ayatosan Maru and Ryoyo Maru departs Rabaul as part of the Operation "RI" the invasion of New Guinea escorted by light cruiser Tenryū, minelayer …

KINRYU MARU is hit by a 1,000-lb bomb amidships and begins to sink. Her embarked troops are evacuated by DesDiv 30's MUTSUKI and YAYOI and patrol boats PB-1 and PB-2. BOSTON …

MV Kinryu Maru was a 9,310 gross register tons (GRT) passenger cargo ship built by Kawasaki Dockyard Company, Kobe for Kokusai Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha in 1937. She was requisitioned …

This is a list of the Japanese Auxiliary Cruiser Commerce Raiders in World War II. The success of the German raiders in World War I was not lost on the Japanese. In 1941, Aikoku Maru and …

Kinryu Maru Class (Hokoku Maru by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships") In 1941, KINRYU MARUs was requisitioned from the Kokusai Line by the IJN and …

kinryu maru. KINKA MARU was sunk by a TF 38's Curtiss "Helldiver" SBC dive bomber off Bataan, Philippines in '44. KINRYU MARU was bombed and sunk off Guadalcanal, Solomons …

The Kinryu Maru was an Imperial Japanese Navy transport ship that was launched on 29 January 1939. The transport ship was sent to ferry troops and supplies to the Solomon Islands during …

The Japanese invasion fleet (troopships Kinryu Maru and Takahata Maru, cruiser Tatsuta, destroyers Uzuki and Yuzuki, and minelayers Okinoshima (flagship) and Tsugaru) for Ocean …

The Salamaua–Lae campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Australian and United States forces sought to capture two major Japanese bases, one in …