Tatsuta Maru, was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1927–1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The vessel was named after Tatsu
Tatsuta Maru, before 1941
View of the ship's first class dining room.
View of the ship's first class reading and writing room.
Tatsuta Maru, marked with symbols of safe passage while working as a repatriation ship as seen through the periscope of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Kingfish (SS-234) in October 1942.
Sir Robert Leslie Craigie, GCMG, CB, PC was the British ambassador in Japan from 1937 to 1941.