Trash can Maru

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  1. ZARUBA1987

    ZARUBA1987 Well-Known Member

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    1DA8593A-8708-4697-8A4E-0D45912BE06E.jpeg B48AE5BE-D23E-4B77-BDD6-F15619BE5C26.jpeg 6AE45510-8A69-4137-8F84-B2821B412DDC.jpeg 16676933-88DF-4E57-986B-602C33F4749B.jpeg Woo hooo who has seen her before . She called the trash can MARU
     
    ZARUBA1987, Oct 6, 2019
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    Behold... the IJN 1 day after the bombing of Kure

    Her superstructure is okay.
     
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  3. daisycutter

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    Made her as a teenager 34 years ago and Gerald rescued her from a Nats trash can 32 years ago. LONG LIVE THE TRASH CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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  4. ZARUBA1987

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    Still a beautiful ship! Do you remember which Maru she was model after?
     
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  5. daisycutter

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    I think I still can find it. I will let you know tonight. It gave me a big smile to see it.
     
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    That's the nicest trash can I have ever seen though :D
     
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  7. Kotori87

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    side-by-side funnels and cranes, that's neat. What's up with the stringers at the bow and stern, though?
     
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    IDEA! They should film 1/144 Jurassic Park 6 there.
    Jurassic Trash Can Maru
     
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  9. ZARUBA1987

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    Idk much about her. I just Inherited it from Johhney. I couldn’t pass up such a diamond in the ruff. It’s not going to take much to get her back on the water. All the SS is there the cranes can be fixed. I almost got the Duca wrapped up so The Maru will be in dry dock soon.
     
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    That would be great the SS is very detailed
     
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  11. daisycutter

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    Ok she is the Settsu Maru. It was a landing ship carrier that would board them thru stern doors.Page 232 Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869-1945
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    Like... She was converted into a landing ship carrier?
     
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    Awesome thanks it’s going to be great to get her going again
     
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    IJA Landing Craft Depot Ship SETTSU MARU

    I see she still has the same motors, when Jeff said it was a carrier he was referring to her being a landing barge carrier like the US Land Ship Dock ( LSD ) I like this picture showing her offloading landing barges and sporting IJN green camo paint job.
     
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    Very awesome! Some similar ships were crewed by the IJA as well, some even had little flight decks for transporting aircraft. Kind of precursors to today's amphibious assault ships.
     
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  16. ZARUBA1987

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    Time has not be kind to her. But she has all new internals and sheeting. Hate to say I spent a weekend putting her half way together. She will make a great BB magnet
     

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    It went from Jeff to trash can (literally) to Gerald to Bryan to Jeff to Johnny to John and should see the water again 36 years after launch!!!
     
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    Shes an old lady :)
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