Ro/ro car carrier “Young Soldier” at Muttrah, Oman, July 1980
Owner: Maya Shipping Co. Inc., Monrovia
Operator: Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Co. (Y-S Line), Japan
Flag: Liberia
Builder: Tsuneishi Zosen, Numakuma (Hull-429)
Gross tons: 7,350
Deadweight: 8,010
Length overall: 152.8 m
Max. draft: 8.002 m
Engine; 16-cylinder Pielstick diesel, 11,700 b.h.p., by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industry, Aioi
Service speed: 19 knots
Completed 1978
Sold 1991 to Cyr Transport & Marine Services Inc., Panama, renamed “Arabian Star”
Sold April 1995 to Spring Maritime Co., Panama (Manager Cido Shipping [Hong Kong] Co.)
2008: manager Univan Ship Management
Sold February 2009 for scrapping at Alang, India