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Originally Posted by KRiPtiCz
ok i thought it was kinda cool seeing a Japanese ship in Atlantic but now im just getting flat out annoyed. this is the 3rd Japanese ship ive run into, why is a Japanese ship heading from The US to Great Britain? let alone doing it 3 times with 3 different ships.  |
Nothing really wrong with what you're seeing. Japan had a large merchant marine and competed with Western shipping lines for international cargo business. You are unlikely to see many Japanese passenger ships in the Atlantic but expect that the maru's will be trying to capitalize on the lack of competition from German companies like NDL and HAPAG.
Some neutral shipping lines ordered darkened ships in wartime.