Former training ship “Shintoku Maru” (進徳丸) in lay-up berth at the Kobe Merchant Marine Training
School, August 1977
Owner: Japanese Government (Ministry of Transport)
Builder: Mitsubishi Zosen K.K., Kobe
Gross tons: 2,793
Length overall: 93.3 m
Engine: turbo-electric, by Mitsubishi
Completed March 1924 for the Kobe Higher Commercial Ship School (2,518 gross ton 4-masted barquentine)
Bombed, caught fire & sunk off Kobe 24th June 1945.
Raised 1946 & taken to Mitsubishi's Kobe yard for repair
Back in service May 1947 (now 2,793 gross tons)
Laid up at Kobe March 1963
Moved to premises of Kobe Merchant Marine Training School 1967.
Severely damaged during Great Hanshin Earthquake of 17th January 1995; considered too costly to repair & dismantled the following year. Some parts & equipment are preserved in the Shintokumaru Memorial in the grounds of the University.