Californiamaru - Californiamaru

…The firefighting efforts on the ship were ultimately unsuccessful, and after repeated explosions and flames in Tokyo Bay, frightening the residents of the bay, it was towed to the Nojimazaki coast and sunk by torpedo 20 days after the accident. (5) The sinking of the Bolivar Maru and the California Maru Two large ships sank in the Pacific Ocean about 200 nautical miles east of the Nojimazaki coast, about one year apart. Both ships were roughly the same size (Bolivar Maru: 33,768 gross tons, California Maru: 34,001 gross tons), ore carriers completed in 1965, and the cause of their sinking was the shearing off of their bows. This caused a major problem because of the similar conditions. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "California Maru" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…同船の消火作業はついに不成功で，東京湾内で爆発炎上をくり返して湾岸住民に恐怖を与えたあと，野島崎沖合まで曳航されて，事故発生の20日後に魚雷により撃沈処分された。(5)ぼりばあ丸，かりふおるにあ丸の沈没　野島崎東方約200カイリの太平洋で2隻の大型船が，ほぼ1年を隔てて沈没した。両船ともほぼ同じ大きさ(ぼりばあ丸3万3768総トン，かりふおるにあ丸3万4001総トン)，1965年に完成した鉱石船，沈没原因は船首部分が切断したことなど，よく似た条件がそろっていたために大きな問題となった。…

※「かりふおるにあ丸」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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