CAP FINISTERRE ID 4051
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
- Transport
- CAP FINISTERRE (Passenger Liner) Owned by Hamburg Sud Amerika (Hamburg South American Line)
- USS CAP FINISTERRE ID-4051 Commissioned April 11 1919 - Decommissioned November 25 1919
- TAIYO MARU (Commercial Service) Renamed 1921
Built 1911 by Blohm and Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Launched August 8 1911
Acquired by the U.S. Navy on April 11 1919
Returned to the United States Shipping Board
Transferred to the Shipping Controller, London, England
Allocated to Japan July 1920 as part of German war reparations
Sold 1929 to Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo
SUNK (Torpedoes) by USS GRENADIER SS-210 May 8 1942
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Postmarks
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Military |
1919-07-13 (message date) |
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A YMCA "Welcome Home" card. No postmarks have been reported for this ship.
Other Information
CAP FINISTERRE
NAMESAKE - Former name retained, Cape Finisterre a region of Spain
TAIYO MARU
Reconnoitered the route which the Japanese Fleet took to attack Pearl Harbor reaching Honolulu November 1 1941
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