ALASKA MARU
...shown Here in Napier

IDNo: 5008019

Built: 1951

Type: Cargo ship

Flag: JPN

Date of completion: 12.51 –

GRT: 8311 – DWT: 10788

Yard No: 843

Length overall: 144.3 – LPP: 134.0

Country of build: JPN

Beam: 18.8

Builder: Naka Nippon

Location of yard: Kobe

Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn): 1D-14.5

Subsequent History: 72 BRITISH MARINER – 73 MICHAELSON GOLD – 74 MILAN

Disposal Data: foundered 14.02N/17.23W 12.9.78 [Dakar-India, phosphates]

Photo Credits: The Alexander Turnbull Library NZ/Harold Martin West Photographer

Cheers and GB

Gordy