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The Japanese Prisoner of War Ship MV Montevideo Maru

MV Montevideo Maru was 7.266 ton, twin-screw diesel motor vessel, was a Japanese passenger vessel constructed in Nagasaki in 1926. It was operated until the outbreak of the Second World War by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha Shipping Line for its service between Japan and South America.
During the second world war the Montevideo Maru was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy as an auxiliary vessel transporting troops and provision throughout South East Asia. As a part of the Kure Naval District, the vessel participated in landings at Makassar in the Netherlands East Indies. After operating in the Japanese islands, the Montevideo Maru returned to Java before sailing for New Britain