Hikawa Maru (氷川丸) is a Japanese ocean liner that was launched in September 1929 and made her maiden voyage from Kobe to Seattle in May 1930. She and her sister ships ran regular services between Yokohama, Vancouver and Seattle and was the epitome of luxury travel in it's time. Nicknamed "The Queen of the Pacific", notable celebrities like Charlie Chaplin travelled on her as part of his world tour in 1932.
During the second world war, she was converted into a hospital ship where she treated numerous Japanese casualties from US and allied attacks. She also survived 3 mine blasts during the period between 1942 to 1945.
After the war, she repatriated thousands of Japanese soldiers and civilians from the Pacific Islands, Korea, the Dutch East Indies and China until August 1946, when she docked in Yokohama for repairs. From 1947 to 1953, Hikawa Maru was refitted as a cargo ship, ferrying general cargo between Japan and the east coast of US. In 1953 she was recommissioned as an ocean liner, serving the same route before the war started until her decommissioning in December 1960.
Today, Hikawa Maru is permanently berthed at Yamashita Park, Naka-ku, Yokohama as a floating museum, hotel and restaurant.
This is a video built of the ship in 1/350 scale from the Hasegawa kit.
History of the ship:
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