Tōya Maru
Toya Maru at an unknown date | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tōya Maru |
| Owner | Japanese National Railways |
| Port of registry | Japan Tokyo |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan |
| Yard number | 816 |
| Launched | 21 November 1947 |
| In service | 1948 |
| Fate | Sank during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait between the Japanese islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū on 26 September 1954 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | RO/RO ferry |
| Tonnage | 3,898 grt (11,040 m3) |
| Length | 118.7 m (389 ft) |
| Beam | 15.85 m (52.0 ft) |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Capacity | 1,128 passengers |
| Crew | 120 crew |
Tōya Maru (洞爺丸) was a Japanese train ferry constructed by Japanese National Railways (JNR) which sank during Typhoon Marie, known locally as the Tōya Maru Typhoon, in the Tsugaru Strait between the Japanese islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū on September 26, 1954. JNR announced in September 1955 that 1,153 people aboard were killed in the accident. However, the exact number of fatalities remains unknown because some victims managed to obtain passage on the ship at the last minute, and others canceled their tickets just before the incident occurred. Fatalities were later reported as up to 1,170 passengers and crew.