Taiyō Maru
Cap Finisterre depicted over Elbe tunnel
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 Germany
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| Name: | Cap Finisterre |
| Operator: |
 Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Germany) |
| Yard number: | 208 |
| Laid down: | 1910 |
| Launched: | 8 August 1911 |
| Completed: | 18 November1911 |
| Out of service: | August 1914 |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | seized by Allies on4 April 1919 |
| History | |
 United States
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| Name: | USS Cap Finisterre |
| Acquired: | 11 April 1919 |
| Out of service: | 25 November 1919 |
| Identification: |
Call sign GJBR    
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| Status: | transferred to UK then to Japan |
| History | |
 Japan
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| Name: | Taiyo Maru |
| Operator: |
Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
| Acquired: | 1920 |
| Out of service: | 8 May 1942 |
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| Fate: | lost in war |
| Status: | Sunk by USN submarine off Kyushu |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 14,458 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 180 m (590 ft)pp |
| Beam: | 19.788 m (64.92 ft) |
| Draught: | 10.57 m (34.7 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 quadruple reciprocating steam engines, 10,711 hp (7,987 kW) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 855 (184 first class, 221 second class, 450 third class) |
| Notes: | Steel construction |
The steam ship Cap Finisterre was a German transatlantic ocean liner of the early 20th century, which was transferred to Japan in 1921, and renamed Taiyō Maru (太陽丸) on trans-Pacific routes. She was sunk by an American submarine during World War II.
Cap Finisterre was built in Hamburg by Blohm & Voss for the Hamburg-South America Line. She was completed in 1911 and named for Cape Finisterre in western Spain. Cap Finisterre made her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires on 21 November 1911 with 1350 passengers.
On her arrival in Buenos Aires after only 13.5 days, she was advertised as the largest, fastest, and most luxurious ocean liner in service between Europe and South America. She continued to serve on routes to South America until the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, when she was laid up at Hamburg.
Cap Finisterre was ear-marked by the Imperial German Navy for conversion as an auxiliary cruiser; however she was not requisitioned and remained at Hamburg for the duration of the war due to the Allied blockade.
On 4 April 1919, she was handed over to the Allies as part of Germany’s war reparations.
On 11 April 1919, Cap Finisterre was initially transferred to the United States, and commissioned into the US Navy as the USS Cap Finisterre. She made four round trips between Brest, France and New York City returning American veterans home after the war. From August 1919 she was laid up at the New York Naval Yard for several months.
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