GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
10 August 1946
AG 560
(10 Aug 46)
ESS/IN
(SCAPIN-1120)
IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
Central Liaison Office, Tokyo. |
Construction Plan of Fishing Vessels. |
1. Reference is C.L.O. No. 3599 (CM) with inclosure 1, Table No. 2, Construction Plan No. 4. (a) for 211 steel fishing vessels and inclosure 2, Table No. 3, Construction Plan No. 3 (a) for 17 wood fishing vessels, dated 23 July 1946, subject: “Construction Plan of Fishing Vessels,” requesting permission to construct the vessels listed in inclosure 1 and 2.
2. Permission is granted to construct, the 211 steel fishing vessels and the 17 wood fishing vessels as shown on the attached lists.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
JOHN B. COOLEY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.
2 Incls:
1. Table No.2
2. Table No.3
Inclosure 1 . Table 2. STEEL FISHING SHIPS CONTRACTION PLAN No. 4(a)
Name of Shipyard Location Kind of Ship G. T. # of Ships Owner Completion Date
Amagasaki Osaka Osaka Tuna 135 2 G. Niwa Jan 1947
Hakodate Dock Hakodate Trawler 320 1 Nichiro Gyogyo Nov 1946
Harima S. Y. Aioi Tuna 135 6 Nippon Kaium Feb 1947
Harima S. Y. Aioi Tuna 95 6 Nippon Kaiun Nov 1946
Hayashikane S. Y. Shimonoseki Whaler 300 2 Taiyo Gyogyo Dec 1946
Hitachi Innoshima Hiroshima P. Small Trawler 98 6 Hokoku Suisan Oct 1946
Hitachi Mukaijima Hiroshima P. Small Trawler 98 4 Hokoku Suisan Aug 1946
Kanasashi S. Y. Shimizu Tuna 135 1 Ito Sangyo Mar 1947
Kanasashi S. Y. Shimizu Tuna 135 1 K. Kanasashi Mar 1947
Kasado Dock Yamaguchi P. Tuna 75 2 Goyo Suisan Oct 1946
Kawasaki Kobe Kobe Whaler 300 3 Taiyo Gyogyo Jan 1947
Kawaminami Fukabori Nagasaki Tuna 95 28 Kawaminami Kogyo Mar 1947
Kawaminami Koyokojima Nagasaki Fish Carrier 750 3 Kawaminami Kogyo Mar 1947
Kawaminami Koyokojima Nagasaki Tuna 95 6 Kawaminami Kogyo Dec 1946
Kawaminami Uranosaki Saga P. Tuna 95 8 Kawaminami Kogyo Mar 1947
Mitsubishi Hiroshima Hiroshima Small Trawler 75 2 Nichiro Gyogyo Sep 1946
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Nagasaki Trawler 270 7 Taiyo Gyogyo Oct 1946
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Nagasaki Whaler 300 2 Taiyo Gyogyo Feb 1947
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Nagasaki Small Trawler 55 10 Taiyo Gyogyo Oct 1946
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Nagasaki Small Trawler 55 10 K. Yamada Oct 1946
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Nagasaki Small Trawler 55 8 H. Yamada Oct 1946
Mitsubishi Wakamatsu Wakamatsu Small Trawler 18 10 Taiyo Gyogyo Dec 1946
Mitsubishi Yokohama Yokohama Tuna 135 2 Katakura Kogyo Oct 1946
Mitsubishi Yokohama Yokohama Tuna 135 3 K. Nishi Oct 1946
Mitsubishi Yokohama Tuna 135 2 K. Yamazaki Oct 1946
Mitsui Tamano Tamano Small Trawler 75 10 Taiyo Gyogyo Aug 1946
Mitsui Tamano Tamano Tuna 135 2 Inui Kaiun Jan 1947
Mitsui Tamano Tamano Tuna 135 2 Taiyo Suisan Nov 1946
Mitsui Tamano Tamano Tuna 135 8 Kyodo Suisan Mar 1947
Mitsui Tamano Tamano Tuna 135 1 G. Onishi Feb 1947
Mitsui Tamano Tamano Tuna 135 1 T. Ujihara Mar 1947
Mitsui Tamano Tamano Tuna 135 1 T. Miyazaki Apr 1947
Mitsui Tamano Tamano Small Trawler 75 4 Kyokuyo Hogei Apr 1947
Nagoya S. Y. Nagoya Tuna 95 12 Hokoku Suisan Mar 1947
Nakamura S. Y. Matsue Small Trawler 75 2 Shimaneken Suisan Sep 1946
Niigata I. W. Niigata Tuna 135 1 S. Teramoto Aug 1945
Niigata I. W. Niigata Tuna 135 1 Showa Gyogyo Sep 1946
Niigata I. W. Niigata Tuna 135 3 Fuji Suisan Dec 1946
Onomichi S. Y. Onomichi Tuna 75 2 Goyo Suisan Oct 1946
Nippon Kokan Shimizu Shimizu Tuna 135 1 Fuji Suisan Sep 1945
Nippon Kokan Shimizu Shimizu Tuna 135 2 Fuyo Suisan Dec 1946
Nippon Kokan Shimizu Shimizu Tuna 135 2 Z. Ono Feb 1947
Nippon Kokan Shimizu Shimizu Tuna 135 2 Nampo Suisan Jan 1947
Saga S. Y. Toyama P. Fish Carrier 95 1 Y. Kita Oct 1946
Settsu S. Y. Osaka Tuna 135 1 Agowan Katsuomaguro Kumiai Dec 1946
Sanko Osaka Osaka Tuna 135 2 Sanko Kisen Mar 1947
Showa Zotetsu Osaka Tuna 135 2 Mochimune Enyo Gyogyo Nov 1948
Ishikawajima S. Y. Tokyo Tuna 135 2 W. Takahashi Mar 1947
Tokai S. Y. Shimizu Tuna 135 1 T. Suzuki Nov 1946
Tokai S. Y. Shimizu Tuna 135 1 Fuji Suisan Mar 1947
Tokai S. Y. Shimizu Tuna 95 2 K. Nishi Dec 1946
Uraga Dock Uraga Tuna 120 1 Kanto Suisan Sep 1946
Uraga Dock Uraga Tuna 120 2 K. Kikuchi Sep 1946
Yamanishi S. Y. Shiogama Small Trawler 55 1 K. Suzuki Aug 1946
Yamanishi S. Y. Shiogama Small Trawler 55 1 K. Matsuda Feb 1947
Yamanishi S. Y. Shiogama Tuna 135 1 K. Hemmi Mar 1947
Yamanishi S. Y. Shiogama Tuna 135 1 K. Yamazaki Mar 1947
Type of Ship Gross Tonnage No. of Ships Total Gross Tonnage
Fish Carrier 750 3 2,250
Fish Carrier 95 1 95
Whaler 300 7 2,100
Trawler 320 1 320
Trawler 270 7 1,890
Tuna 135 55 7,425
Tuna 120 3 330
Tuna 95 32 5,890
Tuna 75 4 300
Small Trawler 98 10 980
Small Trawler 75 18 1,350
Small Trawler 55 30 1,650
Small Trawler 18 10 180
TOTAL 211 24,790
Inclosure 2 Table 3. WOODEN FISHING SHIPS CONSTRUCTION PLAN NO. 3(a)
Name of Yard Location Kind of Ship Gross Tonnage # of Ship Owner Expected Date of Completior
Asahi Zosen Katsuura (Chiba) Tuna 120 1 Yamamoto Suisan Kogyo K.K. Aug 1946
" " " " " 1 T. Hatakeyama Dec 1946
Goriki Zosen Ominato (Mie) " " 1 O. Kamazawa Dec 1946
" " " " " 3 Hirose Salvage K.K. Sep 1946
Hachinoe Koa Zosen Hachinoe (Aomori) " " 2 Tohoku Shinko Suisan K.K. Mar 1947
Kochiken Zosen Kochi " " 1 T. Yamamoto Nov 1946
Kjyanagi Zosen Shizuoka " " 2 Hoshaku Sui san K. K. Mar 1947
Murakami Zosen Ishinomaki (Miyagi) " " 1 Y. Hemmi Feb 1947
Nakaminato Zosen Nakaminato (Ibaraki) " " 2 Nakaminato Zosen Gyogyobu Sep 1946
Nishi Zosen Ominato (Mie) " " 1 T. Sasayama Dec 1946
Onahama Zosen Onahama (Fukushima) " " 1 Y. Miyo Nov 1946
amanishi Zosen Ishinomaki (Miyagi) " " 1 K. Abe Feb 1947
MEMO FOR RECORD : (SCAPIN - 1120)
JZR/GEM/aeb
7 August 1946
1. Reference is C.L.O. No. 3599 (CM) with Inclosure 1, Table No. 2, Construction Plan No. 4 (a) for 211 steel fishing vessels and Inclosure 2 Table No. 3, Construction Plan No. 3 (a) for 17 wooden fishing vessels, dated 23 July 1946, subject: ’’Construction Plan of Fishing Vessels, ” requesting permission to construct the steel and wooden fishing vessels listed on Inclosures 1 and 2.
2. The Division of Fisheries has approved the need of 35, 244 steel and wooden fishing vessels with a total gross tonnage of 337, 087 tons to implement the national food situation in Japan. In the undertaking of this construction program, the Imperial Japanese Government is submitting applications as plans No. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. Plan No. 1 consisted of 418 steel fishing boats with a total gross tonnage of 48,532 tons and was approved by SCAPIN-949, dated 13 May 1946. Plan No. 2 (a) has not been approved to date. Plan No. 3 (a) and 4 (a) of the reference letter in the above paragraph total a gross tonnage of 26,830 tons. Plan No. 2 (b) is now under consideration for approval and totals 5, 250 gross tons. This makes a total of 80,592 gross tons approved and under consideration for approval of the 337,087 gross tons recommended by the Division of Fisheries.
3. This Memorandum to the Imperial Japanese Government and the Command Letter to the Eighth Army authorizes the construction of the 211 steel fishing vessels and the 17 wooden fishing vessels.
4. Routine surveillance is necessary on this activity and will be reported in normal weekly ’’Occupation Activities Reports. ”
5. Concurrence: G-4 (Colonel Breden).
Natural Resources (Capt. Broadbent).
J. Z. R.
