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Topic: ID needed for old Japanese ferry

rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 06-28-2013 03:53 AM

Dear all,

Could you help me find/check the name and other details for this old Japanese
ferry? According to the posting it is the GYOKURYU MARU of Arimura Sangyo, but I
can not find any data for a ferry by that name. Besides, I think the funnel
colours aren't of Arimura Sangyo, but of Amami Kaiun:

http://www.naviearmatori.net/eng/foto-186529-dHg9Z3lvayZuYT0xJmltbz0wJmRjPTAmY2w\
9MCZhcj0wJmNhPTAmc209MA==.html

Checks of Bruce Peter's book "Japanese ferries" and a Japanese-language
encyclopedia of Japanese ferries have yielded nothing so far.

Thanks all in advance for your help!

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PamM
Cruise Director
Member # 2127

posted 06-28-2013 07:10 AM

I think this is EMERALD AMAMI 1975. I'll search for a photo later.

Pam

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rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 06-28-2013 07:53 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
I think this is EMERALD AMAMI 1975. I'll search for a photo later.
Pam

thanks Pam, I thought it might be that one.

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PamM
Cruise Director
Member # 2127

posted 06-28-2013 08:36 AM

I can only find on picture in her original guise, see here. It must be her? The characters look the same on the hull but as I don't read Japanese maybe OceanLiners can confirm or otherwise?

She was converted in 1987 and became FERRY AMAMI then sold to the Philippines in 1989 becoming ZAMBOANGA - scrapped in 2000

Pam

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rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 06-28-2013 09:38 AM

Agree, that's her! Everything matches between the two pictures. Thanks again!

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Ocean Liners
First Class Passenger
Member # 4013

posted 06-29-2013 12:27 AM

Hi Ralph, As PamM posted, The photo is exactly the same as Emerald Amami, Ships paticulars form this page wrote: Gross Tonnage: 4,448 tons, Length;: 117.1m width: 19.0m, Depth: 13.2m (?) Main Engines: Diezel 8,400PS X 2, Cruising Speed: 20.3 Knots, Completed in September 1975, Builder: Niigata Tekkosho, Niigata Shipyard, Route Served: Kagoshima - Naze(Amami Oshima) - Tokunoshima - Okinoerabujima - Yoronjima - Naha(Okinawa).

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