Maru - Ships

Ships

• The word maru is a common suffix to Japanese ship names. See Japanese ship-naming conventions. Notable examples include:
  • Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a fishing vessel exposed to radiation from a US nuclear test in 1954
  • Ehime Maru, a fishing training ship that collided with the USS Greeneville in 2001
  • Komagata Maru, a Japanese steam liner denied entry to Vancouver, Canada in 1914
  • Montevideo Maru, a Japanese ship sunk in World War II, resulting in the loss of large numbers of Austalian prisoners of war and civilians and Australia's worst maritime disaster
  • Nippon Maru, flagship of daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 16th century fleet
  • Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship involved in collisions with Greenpeace vessels in 1999 and 2006
  • No. 23 Nittō Maru, a patrol boat sunk after it encountered the USS Hornet (CV-8), causing the early launch of the Doolittle Raid
  • Ryō Un Maru, a Japanese fishing boat washed away from her moorings after the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami, and was deliberately sunk on 5 April 2012 after entering U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska.
  • Tatsuta Maru, a Japanese troopship sunk in 1943