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S.S. Tenyo MaruDescription
S.S. Tenyo Maru
Tenyo Maru was designed with shipbuilding ideas of contemporary naval architecture throughout the world; its Japanese engineers visited shipyards internationally and adopted the best ideas they found. It took the place of the Nippon Maru,[4] built in England in 1898.[5]
Tenyo Maru was launched in 1908 from Nagasaki, Japan, as the first Turbine Steam Ship built for trans-Pacific passenger service. It first arrived in San Francisco on June 30, 1909, from Manchuria.[6] This was the first of many crossings which brought immigrants from Asia through the United States Immigration Station, Angel Island. Tenyo Maru was the first turbine-driven steamship ever in the port of San Francisco.[7]
On September 27, 1910, while en route from Hong Kong to San Francisco, via Yokohama and Honolulu, Tenyo Maru ran aground thirty miles from Shanghai. The ship was floated at high tide with the aid of tugboats, without serious damage, and was able to continue its voyage.[9]
The ship was scrapped in 1933.[14]
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