SS Canadian Mariner

<h2 id="early-life">Early life</h2>
<p>The Canadian government commissioned the building of 63 ships in 1918 in an effort to start a crown funded shipping company, Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd. <i>Canadian Mariner</i> was built as the result of the two contracts awarded to Halifax Shipyards Ltd by the Canadian Government. The other contract was for her sister ship, SS Canadian Explorer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="transfer-history">Transfer history</h2>
<p>In 1928 management of <i>Canadian Mariner</i> was transferred from the failed Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd to <a href="/facts/Canadian_National_Steamship_Company/1H2zVJCu">Canadian National Steamship Company</a>, which she steamed under until 1933 when she was eventually sold to Dairen Kisen KK of Japan<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> to be used as a general cargo and supply vessel for the Japanese occupied Pacific Islands under the name <i>Choyo Maru</i>.
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<h2 id="fate">Fate</h2>
<p>On December 28, 1942, <i>Choyo Maru</i> was sunk by <a href="/facts/USS_Kingfish/bG5Ne7wJ">USS <i>Kingfish</i></a> off the northwest coast of <a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Formosa</a>, at position <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=SS_Canadian_Mariner¶ms=24_46_N_120_40_E_">24°46′N 120°40′E / 24.767°N 120.667°E / 24.767; 120.667</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="partial-list-of-voyages">Partial list of voyages</h2>
<ul><li>December 8, 1920 : Halifax to Genoa</li>
<li>June 16, 1921 : Montreal to Liverpool</li>
<li>July 23, 1921 : Montreal to Australia<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Mackay, Mac (December 15, 2011). The Ships of the Halifax Shipyard. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Swiggum, S. (2014). "Canadian National Steamship Company". theshipslist.com. Retrieved August 3, 2014. <a href="http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/cn.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/cn.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Cressman, Robert J. (2000). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II (1942). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-149-1. Retrieved August 3, 2014. <a href="1-55750-149-1" target="_blank">1-55750-149-1</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Canadian Railway and Marine World. Toronto: Southam Business Publications. 1921. Retrieved August 3, 2014. <a href="https://archive.org/details/canadiantranspor1921donmuoft" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/canadiantranspor1921donmuoft</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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SS Canadian Mariner