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, also known as ''Tatuta Maru'' after 1938, was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1927-1930 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. ''Tatsuta Maru'' was built for the trans-Pacific Orient-California fortnightly service.〔Levine, David. ( Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s in Travel Ephemera ): ( "Plan of Passenger Accommodation Motor Ships 'Asama Maru' & ' Tatsuta Maru,'" ) 1929.〕 Principal ports-of-call included Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, Los Angeles & San Francisco.〔(Derby, Sulzer diesel motors ): ( ''Asama Maru'' ). August 29, 2008.〕 The vessel was created as a twin of ''Asama Maru''; and both ships were named after important Shinto shrines.〔Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1935). ( ''The Nomeclature of the N.Y.K. Fleet,'' p. 50. )〕 ==History== The shipyard number of the first passenger liner built by NYK was 450 (''Asama Maru'')〔Tate, E. Mowbray. (1986). ( ''Transpacific steam: the story of steam navigation from the Pacific Coast of North America to the Far East and the Antipodes, 1867-1941,'' p. 68 )〕 and 451 was the yard number of her sister ship, ''Tatsuta Maru.''〔Haworth, R.B. ( Miramar Ship Index ): (''Tatsuta Maru,'' ID#4035362 ).〕 Both vessels were built by Mitsubishi at Nagasaki on the southern island of Kyushu. ''Tatsuta Maru'' was launched on April 12, 1929. She undertook her maiden voyage on March 15, 1930,〔 sailing from Yokohama to San Francisco.〔 The 16,975-ton vessel had a length of 583 feet (178 m), and her beam was 71 feet (22 m). The ship had four diesel motors, quadruple screws and an average speed of 21-knots.〔 ''Asama Maru'' was the second Japanese passenger liner to be propelled by diesel engines.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Tatsuta Maru」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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