GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
24 October 1947
AG 561
(24 Oct 47)
ESS/IN
(SCAPIN - 1807)
Japanese Government |
Central Liaison Office, Tokyo |
Change in Construction Program of Fishing Vessels |
1. Reference is C.L.O. letter No. 7093 (CM), dated 10 September 1947, subject: Request for Approval of Change in Construction Program of Fishing Vessels.
2. The change in construction plan of fishing vessels is approved in accordance with Inclosure 1 of this memorandum.
4. Of the listed tuna boats, a number of these, totalling approximately eight hundred and forty (840) gross tons, will not be licensed to operate until approval has been given by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Thirty (30) days after receipt of this memorandum, the number of boats, gross tonnage, and location of the shipyard where the vessels not to be licensed to operate are under construction, will be submitted to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
/s/ M. J. Noyes
for /t/ R. M. LEVY,
Colonel, A.G.D.,
Adjutant General
1 Incl: Change in Fishing Vessel Construction Plan
MODIFICATION OF STEEL FISHING VESSEL CONSTRUCTION PLANS
(1) Reference: AG 560 (13 May 1946) ESS/IN (SCAPIN 949)
1) Change of Owner and Location in Construction
Present Shipyard Kind of Ships Gross Tonnage (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New Shipyard Location New Owner
Kuklnoumi SY Trawler 98 6 Nihon Suisan 2 Hitachi, Innoshima Mibu-Machi Daido Suisan
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Trawler 75 40 Marutoku Gyogyo 2 Mitsubishi, Hiroshima Hiroshima Nichiro Gyogyo
2 Hayashikane SY Shimonoseki Bofu Suisan
4 Mizuno SY Kure Z. Kachi (2 ships)
N. Nishida (2 ships)
2 Ujina SY Hiroshima M. Ichikawa
2 Sanoyasu DY Osaka M. Wake
2) Change of Owner, Location in Construction & Gross Tonnage
Present Shipyard Kind of Ships Former G.T. (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New Shipyard Location New G.T. (Each) New Owner
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Trawler 55 20 Marutoku Gyogyo 2 Kasado DY Kudamatsu 75 Goyo Suisan
2 Onomichi SY Onomichi 75 Goyo Suisan
4 Nagoya SY Nagoya 98 Towa Kaiyo
2 Fujinagata SY Shibatani-Machi 98 T. Oka
2 Hitachi, Innoshima Mibu-Machi 98 Tajima Suisan
Yamanishi SY Trawler 55 3 Yamanishi Sangyo 1 Namura SY Osaka 75 Tohoku Shinko
(2) Reference: AG 560 (10 Aug 1946) ESS/IN (SCAPIN-1120)
1) Change of Owner and Location in Construction
Present Shipyard Kind of Ships Gross Tonnage (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New Shipyard Location New Owner
Amagasaki, Osaka Tuna 135 2 G. Niwa 2 Kawasaki, Senshu Osaka C. Kawagucni (l ship)
Sakura Suisan (1 ship)
Kanasashi SY Tuna 135 1 Ito Sangyo 1 Nippon Kokan, Shimizu Shimizu Iwachi Suisan
2) Change of Owner and Gross Tonnage
Shipyard Kind of Ships Former G.T. (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New G.T. (Each) New Owner
Kawaminami Fukabori Tuna 95 28 Kawaminami Kogyo 3 135 No change (1 ship)
T. Miki (1 ship)
Sakura Suisan (1 ship)
Tokai SY Tuna 95 2 K. Nishi 1 135 Showa Gyogyo (1 ship)
3) Change of Owner, Location in Construction & Gross Tonnage
Present Shipyard Kind of Ships Former G.T. (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New Shipyard Location New G.T. (Each) New Owner
Kasado DY Tuna 75 2 Goyo Suisan 2 Miho SY Shimizu 135 Y. Shimomura (1 ship)
T. Imura (1 ship)
Kawaminami Fukabori Tuna 95 28 Kawaminami Kogyo 3 Kawaminami Koyagi-Mura 135 K. Teramoto (1 ship)
S. Sakai (1 ship)
T. Kitamoto (1 ship)
3 Mitsubishi Hiroshima Hiroshima 135 R. Ishikawa (1 ship)
Asahi Gyogyo (1 ship)
Nishinippon Suisan (1 ship)
1 Mitsubishi Yokohama Yokohama 135 M. Okutsu
1 Nagoya SY Nagoya 135 Yaizu Sendan
Kawaminami Koyakijima Tuna 95 6 Kawaminami Kogyo 1 Nihon Kokan, Shimizu Shimizu 135 K. Takagi
3 Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi Yokohama 135 S. Yamamoto (1 ship)
K. Suzuki (1 ship)
Nichiro Gyogyo (1 ship)
Kawaminami Uranosaki Tuna 95 8 Kawaminami Kogyo 4 Niigata IW Niigata 135 T. Kawaguchi (1 ship)
C. Kikuchi (1 ship)
S. Teramoto (1 ship)
S. Shinomiya (1 ship)
1 Showa SY Shimizu 135 Showa Gyogyo
1 Mitsui, Tamano Tamano 135 M. Masutomi
Nakamura SY Trawler 75 2 Shimaneken Suisan 2 Kawaminami Koyakijima Koyaki- Mura 98 No change
Onomichi SY Tuna 75 2 Goyo Suisan 2 Uraga DY Yokosuka 135 F. Fukushima (1 ship)
Nampo Suisan (1 ship)
(3) Reference: AG 560 (22 Nov 1946) ESS/IN (SCAPIN-1356)
1) Change of Owner and Location in Construction
Present Shipyard Kind of Ships Gross Tonnage (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New Shipyard Location New Owner
Harima SY Tuna 135 3 Hoko Suisan 1 Kawasaki, Kansen Kobe I. Matsumoto
Ishikawajima HI Tuna 135 2 Nichibei Suisan 2 Mitsubishi, Hiroshima Hiroshima Aburatsu Suisan
Sanko, Osaka Tuna 135 8 Sanko, Kisen 1 Sanko, Kobe Kobe No change
2) Change of Owner and Gross Tonnage
Shipyard Kind of Ships Former G.T. (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New G.T. (Each) New Owner
Harima SY Tuna 135 3 Hoko Suisan 1 150 Y. Yagishita
3) Change of Owner and Location in Construction & Gross Tonnage
Present Shipyard Kind of Ships Former G.T. (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New Shipyard Location New G.T. (Each) New Owner
Hitachi, Innoshima Tuna 200 3 Nihon Suisan 2 Namura SY Osaka 160 Hoyo Suisan (1 ship)
T. Tanaka (1 ship)
1 Kumagayagumi SY Hiroshima 135 Y. Iwamoto
Mitsubishi kagasaki Trawler 55 10 Marutoku Gyogyo 2 Kawaminami, Fukabori Fukabori-Mura Nagasaki 98 Nishi Nippon Suisan
2 Kawaminami Koyakijima Koyaki-Mura Nagasaki 98 Shimaneken Suisan
6 Kawaminami Uranosaki Yamashiro-Machi Saga 98 K. Muya (1 ship)
K. Kododa (1 ship)
Y. Nitta (2 ships)
R. Hamada (2 ships)
Sanko, Osaka Fish Carrier 500 2 Sanko Kisen 2 Tsumori Mfg. Co. Tsumori SY Tsumori 87 Y. Koshigiri
(4) Reference: AG 561 (16 May 1947) ESS/IN (SCAPIN-1682)
1) Change of Owner and Location in Construction
Present Shipyard Kind of Ships Gross Tonnage (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New Shipyard Location New Owner
Muroran SY Tuna 135 1 G. Hashimoto 1 Yamanishi SY Ishinomaki D. Sasaki
2) Change of Gross Tonnage
Shipyard Kind of Ships Former G.T. (Each) No. of Ships on SCAPIN Present Owner No. of Ships Changed New G.T. (Each) Location of Shipyard
Kawaminami Fukabori Tuna 120 1 Kaigai Gyogyo 135 Fukabori-Mura, Nagasaki
Ships to be Changed Ships after Modification
Kind of Ships G.T. No. Total G.T. G.T. No. Total G.T.
Fish Carrier 500 2 1,000 87 2 174
Tuna 200 3 600 160 3 480
135 9 1,215 135 36 4,860
120 1 120
95 22 2,090
75 4 300
Trawler 98 2 196 98 22 2,156
75 14 1,050 75 17 1,275
55 23 1,265
TOTAL 80 Ships 7,836 G.T. 80 Ships 8,945 G.T.
MEMO FOR RECORD: (SCAPIN - 1807)
20 October 1947
1. Reference is C.L.O. letter No. 7093 (CM), dated 10 September 1947, subject: Request for Approval of Change in Construction Program of Fishing Vessels.
2. In anticipation of approval of a number of trawler and tuna boats on Plan 4(c), the Japanese shipbuilders requisitioned material, utilized stocks on hand and carried out normal shop work in preparation for the actual keel laying. Plan 4(c) authorized only twenty-two (22) fish carriers and the construction of the trawler and tuna boats was disapproved. In some cases actual construction of the tuna boats and trawlers was started and progressed to the actual launching.
3. At a conference between ESS/lndustry (Mr. Valentine), and NRS/Fisheries (Mr. Neville and Lt. Bourgois), this proposed change in fishing vessel construction was discussed. It was agreed that the construction of vessels unauthorized should not be scrapped, but should be completed and substituted for vessels which have been authorized for construction but later cancelled. Listed on this change in construction are 840 gross tons of tuna boats over the amount authorized for construction. NRS/Fisheries states that the current tuna fleet in operation and vessels under construction are sufficient to operate with a view at fish conservation in the limited waters that Japan has been authorized to operate. These six tuna vessels (840 gross tons) will be completed, but held for replacements to the tuna fleet as vessels are damaged beyond repair or sunk.
4. Action taken: The attached SCAPIN approves the change in the fishing vessel construction with the stipulation that six of the 135 gross ton boats, or a total of 840 gross tons in smaller tuna boats will be held and not licensed to operate until authorized by SCAP.
5. Routine surveillance is required on this activity and will be reported in normal monthly Occupation Activities Reports.
6. Concurrence: NRS/Fisheries - Mr. Neville.
7. The interests of USAFIK are not concerned.
8. Further questions may be directed to Mr. J.T. Valentine, ESS/IN, Shipyard Industries and Harbor Development Branch, Tele. No. 26-6583.
J. Z. R.
