NYK Line Fleet List

Fleet List of the NYK Line Showing Ownership, Nationality, Name of Ship, Year Placed in Service, and Gross Tonnage. Gross tonnage equals cubic feet of all enclosed space divided by 100. Notations Regarding the Ship (if any), Such as Previous Name or Renaming, are shown after the Gross Tonnage.

NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA

(Japanese)

Established in September 1885 by the amalgamation of Kiodo Unyu Kaisha and Yubin Kisen Mitsubishi Kaisha, This is the oldest and largest Japanese shipping company. The NYK Line absorbed the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Line in 1926. Their services have become worldwide.

1. Aki Maru (1903) 6,009
2. Asama Maru (1929) 16,947
3. Atsuta Maru (1909) 7,974
4. Atuta Maru (1909) 7,983
5. Awa Maru (1899) 6,309
6. Bingo Maru (1897) 6,279
7. Bokuyo Maru (1924) 8,619
8. Chichibu Maru (1930) 17,498
9. Fuji Maru (1937) 9,138
10. Fushima Maru (1914) 10,936
11. Hakata Maru (1897) 6,241
12. Hakone Maru (1921) 10,420
13. Hakozaki Maru (1922) 10,413
14. Hakusan Maru (1923) 10,380
15. Haruna Maru (1922) 10,421
16. Heian Maru (1930) 11,616
17. Heiyo Maru (1930) 9,816
18. Hie Maru (1930) 11,621
19. Hikawa Maru (1930) 11,622
20. Hirano Maru (1908) 8,520
21. Hitachi Maru (1898) 6,172
22. Hiye Maru (1930) 11,622
23. Husimi Maru (1914) 10,936
24. Huzi Maru (1937) 9,138
25. Inaba Maru (1897) 6,189
26. Iyo Maru (1901) 6,320
27. Kaga Maru (1901) 6,301
28. Kamakura Maru (1897) 6,126
29. Kamakura Maru (1930) 17,526
30. Kamo Maru (1908) 8,524
31. Kanagawa Maru (1896) 6,328
32. Kashima Maru (1913) 10,559
33. Kasuga Maru (1898) 3,820
34. Kasuga Maru (1940) 16,500
35. Katori Maru (1913) 10,526
36. Kawachi Maru (1897) 6,101
37. Kinslmiu Maru (1891) 3,967
38. Kitano Maru (1909) 8,512
39. Korea Maru (1901) 11,810
40. Kumano Maru (1901) 5,076
41. Miike Maru (1888) 3,308
42. Mishima Maru (1908) 7,900
43. Nagasaki Maru (1922) 5,268
44. Miyazaki Maru (1909) 8,500
45. Nikko Maru (1903) 5,559
46. Nitta Maru (1939) 16,500
47. Palao Maru (1934) 4,495
48. Persia Maru (1881) 4,381
49. Rakuvo Maru (1921) 9,419
50. Sado Maru (1898) 6,227
51. Sanuki Maru (1897) 6,164
52. Shanghai Maru (1923) 5,259
53. Shidzuoka Maru (1912) 6,568
54. Shinano Maru (1900) 6,416
55. Shinyo Maru (1911) 13,039
56. Siberia Maru (1901) 11,785
57. Suwa Maru (1914) 10,672
58. Taiyo Maru (1911) 14,457
59. Tamba Maru (1897) 6,134
60. Tango Maru (1905) 7,475
61. Tatuta Maru (1929) 16,975 ex-Tatsuta Maru
62. Tenyo Maru (1908) 13,398
63. Terukuni Maru (1930) 11,930
64. Wakasa Maru (1897) 6,266
65. Yamaguchi Maru (1890) 3,321
66. Yasaka Maru (1914) 10,932
67. Yasukuni Maru (1930) 11,930
68. Yawata Maru (1898) 3,817
69. Yavvata Maru (1939) 16,500
70. Yokohama Maru (1912) 6,147

Smith, Eugene W., Passenger Ships of the World: Past and Present, Boston: George H. Dean Company, 1963.