SS_Japara
SS Japara
List of ships with the same or similar names
A number of ships have carried the name Japara:
- SS Japara (1876), a 1,198-ton merchant vessel, operated by Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij.
- SS Japara (1930), a 3,323-ton merchant vessel, operated by Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij, sought refuge in Australia after fall of Java operating in Australia—New Guinea waters under charter to United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), local fleet identification number X-18, 26 March 1942 to 8 May 1945.[1]
- MS Japara (1938), a 9,312 GRT motor ship built 1938 for Rotterdamsche Lloyd serving through various charter agreements from 13 December 1941 to 1946 as a transport for United States Army on oceanic routes with activity in SWPA on occasion.[2]