SS Canadian Mariner
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= Canada |Ship flag= 72px |Ship name= Canadian Mariner |Ship owner= Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd, Canadian National Steamship Company |Ship operator= Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd |Ship ordered= March 1918 |Ship builder= Halifax Shipyards Ltd, Nova Scotia |Ship yard number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= September 4, 1920 |Ship completed= November, 1920 |Ship acquired= |Ship in service= |Ship registry= 22px Montreal, Quebec |Ship identification=*Call sign TPWS
|Ship out of service= 1933 |Ship fate= Sold |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country= Japan |Ship flag= File:Flag of Japan.svg |Ship name=*Choyo Maru
|Ship owner= Dairen Kisen KK |Ship acquired= 1933 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= December, 1942 |Ship fate= Torpedoed & sunk |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= General cargo |Ship tonnage=*{{GRT|5384}}
|Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|399.3|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|52.5|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= {{convert|28.4|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion= Triple expansion steam engine |Ship speed= |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship armament= |Ship notes= }} |
SS Canadian Mariner was a freighter built by Halifax Shipyards Ltd in 1920. She was the first steel ship built in Halifax and was used as a general cargo ship until she was sunk in the Pacific in 1942.
Early life
The Canadian government commissioned the building of 63 ships in 1918 in an effort to start a crown funded shipping company, Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd. Canadian Mariner was built as the result of the two contracts awarded to Halifax Shipyards Ltd by the Canadian Government. The other contract was for her sister ship, {{SS|Canadian Explorer}}.{{cite book |last=Mackay |first=Mac|title=The Ships of the Halifax Shipyard|date=December 15, 2011}}
Transfer history
In 1928 management of Canadian Mariner was transferred from the failed Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd to Canadian National Steamship Company, which she steamed under until 1933 when she was eventually sold to Dairen Kisen KK of Japan{{cite web |url= http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/cn.shtml |title=Canadian National Steamship Company |first=S. |last=Swiggum |work=theshipslist.com |year=2014 |accessdate=August 3, 2014}} to be used as a general cargo and supply vessel for the Japanese occupied Pacific Islands under the name Choyo Maru.
Fate
On December 28, 1942, Choyo Maru was sunk by {{USS|Kingfish|SS-234|6}} off the northwest coast of Formosa, at position {{coord|24|46|N|120|40|E|display=inline, title}}.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialChronologyOfTheUSNavyInWorldWarII |title=The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II (1942) |first=Robert J. |last=Cressman |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=2000 |isbn=1-55750-149-1 |accessdate=August 3, 2014 |url-access=registration }}
Partial list of voyages
- December 8, 1920 : Halifax to Genoa
- June 16, 1921 : Montreal to Liverpool
- July 23, 1921 : Montreal to Australia{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/canadiantranspor1921donmuoft |title=Canadian Railway and Marine World |publisher=Southam Business Publications |location=Toronto |year=1921 |accessdate=August 3, 2014}}
References
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Category:Ships built in Nova Scotia
Category:Merchant ships of Canada
Category:Merchant ships of Japan
Category:World War II merchant ships of Japan