Nagata Maru

The Nagata Maru (長田丸) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo. The ship was went into service in 1937.

The name Nagata Maru derives from Nagata jinja, a Shinto shrine in Nagata Ward, Kobe, Japan.

History
Nagata maru was the name of a of several Japanese vessls. In 1900, Fujinagata Shipyards completed its first all-metal construction merchant vessel; the No.2 Nagata Maru.

List of ships named Nagata Maru

 * Nagata Maru No. 1
 * Nagata Maru No. 2
 * Nagata Maru No. 3
 * Nagata Maru No. 4
 * Nagata Maru No. 5
 * Nagata Maru No. 6
 * Nagata Maru No. 7
 * Nagata Maru No. 8
 * Nagata Maru No. 9
 * Nagata Maru No. 10
 * Nagata Maru No. 11
 * Nagata Maru No. 12
 * Nagata Maru No. 13


 * Nagata Maru (1937)

Pacific War
In 1939, Nagata Maru was commandeered by the Imperial Japanese Navy for use as a troopship.

In transporting Allied prisoners, it was amongst those vessels which earned the epithet "hell ships."

In 1944, Nagata Maru was part of a Singapore-to-Saigon convoy anchored off Cape St. Jacques in French Indochina. The ship bombed and sunk.