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Hikawa Maru:
Last Japanese liner surviving World War II;
(Takasago Maru also survived but was scrapped in 1956);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikawa_Maru
built by Yokohama Dock Co.
launched 30 September 1929;
L x B: 163.3 x 20.1 m;
owner: Nippon Yusan Kabushiki Kaisha, Yokohama, Japan (NYK Line)
some trivia: Charlie Chaplin reportedly did a World Cruise on her, and Kano Jigoro, head of World Judo died on board in 1938.
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