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rd77 wrote:

Great Job Navarchos, you did her proud! And for those wondering if the bridge is in the right place: yes, they really did lift it and move it forward! I have the pics to prove it

EDIT: she was named SUN FLOWER TSUKUBA, not TSUBUKA.

Thanks a lot all of u!....I already corrected the mistakes!

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Does Anybody have any full side view, or plans of TS Cambodge ( Messageries Maritimes 1953)
Because from my few pics which i have...i can't have a good idea about her lenghth and position of objects on her!
this is my plan so far...but it looks to me a bit lengthy!!!

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Thanks for the assistance....I had all this photos except the side plan!!!...thanks again...
soon update with M/S Cambodge &....Stella Solaris !!!

Nice work on the Cambodge, Navarchos.

My work

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Talk about about a nice early birthday present...thanks for posting!

-Matt

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In the post war era the Bethlehem Steel corp. operated a large fleet of ore carriers of the C5 S AX1 type, some were converted to self-unloading as seen below

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Novice, amazing drawing of the AIKOKU MARU! Another one of those magnificent pre-war Japanese passenger ships that had tragically short careers. She was completed in 1941 and then put into war. She was bombed and sunk in 1942 in the Truk Lagoon:

http://www.seawolfproductions.com/Shipw ... aruweb.htm

Actually, rd77, she was sunk in 1944, not 1942. She was the first of a trio of ships, but her sister ships Hokoku Maru and Gokoku Maru didn't survive the war, either....here are accounts of both their losses, courtesy of the great combinedfleet.com:

-Matt

Hokoku Maru
11 November 1942:
Indian Ocean. SW of the Cocos Islands. HOKOKU MARU attacks Captain Willem Horsman's 6,341-ton Royal Dutch Shell tanker ONDINA and her escort, LtCdr William J. Wilson's, RINR, Australian-built minesweeper HMIS BENGAL at 19-45S, 92-40E. BENGAL closes the range with HOKOKU MARU to protect the tanker.

At 1545 (JST), HOKOKU MARU opens fire. Both ships are damaged in the ensuing action. AIKOKU MARU is 6 miles NW of the scene and closing. A lucky shot from ONDINA's 4-inch gun hits HOKOKU MARU's starboard torpedo tube which had just been loaded. After the ensuing explosion, a fire breaks out that rages out of control and reaches the aft magazine. More explosions follow that blow out her sides. At 1752, HOKOKU MARU sinks.

AIKOKU MARU arrives and hits BENGAL. LtCdr Wilson, confident the ONDINA can outrun the AMC, disengages at best possible speed. AIKOKU MARU scores six hits on ONDINA and virtually disables her. Captain Horsman is killed. AIKOKU MARU fires two torpedoes at the tanker, but both miss. With her ammunition expended, ONDINA's crew Abandons Ship.

AIKOKU MARU rescues 278 of HOKOKU MARU’s crew. She fires a last torpedo at ONDINA and departs. Later, AIKOKU MARU departs the Indian Ocean for Penang, then proceeds via Singapore to Rabaul.

ONDINA's crew reenters the ship, effects temporary repairs and departs the area for Fremantle, Australia.

Gokoku Maru
10 November 1944:
At 0245, LtCdr (later Rear Admiral) Eugene B. Fluckey's USS BARB (SS-220) picks up GOKOKU MARU on her SJ radar.

At 0334, Fluckey fires three MK-18 electric torpedoes at GOKOKU MARU. The first hits aft of the funnel and the second hits forward of the bridge. GOKOKU MARU's port engine room is destroyed. The ship floods, her engines stop, she loses all power and takes on a 30 degree list to port.

Fluckey notices that GOKOKU MARU is not sinking, but heading very slowly towards shore. Captain Mizuno is attemping to beach his ship. Fluckey fires another electric torpedo, but it circles and misses.

Seven miles off Koshiki Jima, E Kyushu. BARB submerges. LtCdr Fluckey closes to 1,400 yards. At 0410, he fires a final torpedo and scores another hit. This time, GOKOKU MARU sinks by the stern at 33-31N, 129-19E.

The number of survivors is unknown, but 326 crew and passengers are KIA including Captain Mizuno. He is promoted Rear Admiral, posthumously.

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