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New Civil Ship ;-)

I directly had to browse my archives.
First look was for Germany liners, such as the POTSDAM recently in the shipyard of Wolfi - but then I noticed the different style in the booms.

So my guess is: It has a Japanese touch, another Maru?

Closest I could find is the Noto Maru, turned into a Hell-Ship during the war:
 
Thanks for the update Jaxon. Our harbors and ports are looking better and better with all of the new cargo and comercial ships.
 
Jaxon: I belive Usio-san is building an Akagi Maru Class Armed Merchant Cruiser IE; "Auxiliary Cruiser". If it is the Akagi Maru she cared 3 F1M2 "Pete's" in the early 40's. All 5 ship in her class where converted to Auxiliary Cruisers and the Asaka Maru was in fact a Hellship.

Click on the attachment and page down to painting 3g I think this is the ship in dry dock #2.

http://www.west-point.org/family/japanese-pow/photos.htm

Skipsan:kilroy:
 
Two red stripes line, I guess.

:costumes:

Seriously, when following the link to the hell ships above, there are other ships with this marking.

I suppose these are the colours of a Japanese Merchant Line.
 
Good find!

I like the following lines from your link:

The Flag Bulletin translates Nippon Yusen Kwaisha as Japanese Mail Ship Company.
The two red lines are meant to represent the katakana ni the first syllable of Nippon, extending the upper portion of the glyph to the borders of the flag.
 
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