Kansai Maru

History
Kansai Maru at speed
Name:	Kansai Maru
Owner:	Harada Kisen KK
Builder:	Yokohama Dock Co., Yokohama, Japan
Yard number:	180
Completed:	1930
Fate:	Sunk by USS Scamp, 19 September 1943
General characteristics
Type:	Cargo ship
Tonnage:	8,614 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	140.7 m (461.7 ft)
Propulsion:	Diesel engine
Speed:	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)

The MV Kansai Maru was an 8,614-gross register ton (GRT) freighter built by Yokohama Dock Co., Yokohama, Japan, in 1930 for Harada Kisen KK. She was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Army as a transport in September 1941. The ship was one of the targets of the British attacks during the Battle off Endau in January 1942. Kansai Maru was sunk by the American submarine USS Scamp on 19 September 1943.

References

Cannon, Peter (2014). "Night Action, Malaya 1942". In Jordan, John. Warship 2015. London: Conway. pp. 62–80. ISBN 978-1-84486-276-4.
Hackett, Bob & Muehlthaler, Erich (2013). "Kansai Maru: Tabular Record of Movement". RIKUGUN YUSOSEN. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1943

Shipwrecks	1 Sep: I-182 3 Sep: I-25 4 Sep: USS LCI(L)-339 5 Sep: USS YP-279 7 Sep: Velella 8 Sep: Calitea II, Etna, U-983, Vesuvio 9 Sep: Antonio Bajamonti, Cattaro, Conte Verde, FR 22, Lepanto, USS Nauset, Roma, Taranto 10 Sep: HMS Abdiel, Argo, Piero Foscari 11 Sep: Conte di Savoia, USS Rowan 12 Sep: USS Navajo, U-617 13 Sep: Terra Nova 14 Sep: Katsonis, HMHS Newfoundland 16 Sep: Heisternest 18 Sep: Francesco Rismondo 19 Sep: Kansai Maru, U-341 20 Sep: HMCS St. Croix, U-338, U-346 21 Sep: HMS Polyanthus 22 Sep: U-229 23 Sep: Gaetano Donizetti 25 Sep: USS Skill 26 Sep: HMS Intrepid, Vasilissa Olga 27 Sep: Ardena, U-161, U-221 28 Sep: USS Cisco 30 Sep: Sanct Svithun Unknown date: HMS Gallant, USS Grayling, USS LCT-209, K-1, USS Pompano, U-669

Other incidents	7 Sep: U-760 8 Sep: U-988 11 Sep: USS Savannah 13 Sep: HMHS Newfoundland, HMS Uganda 14 Sep: HMS Warspite

1942 1943 1944 August 1943 October 1943

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