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Registry #1	141789 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	26447

 

Name 1	1920	Kasasa (I)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1920	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	40.5' x 9.9' x 5.3'
Builder	Kishi Brothers Boat Works	Measurement (metric)	12.3m x 3m x 1.6m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	13.69	Type 1	Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage	8.41	Type 2
Engine	1hp engine (1931c);	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 30hp engine (1949c); Repowered with a 165bhp diesel engine (2004c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1941 she was owned by Shinichi Matsuo. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1949-1958 she was owned by H. Bell-Irving & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1961 she was owned by Congdon Dorman & La Croix Ltd., Minstrel Island BC Canada. In 1967 she was owned by Alert Bay Shipyards Ltd., Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1977 she was owned by Francis Millerd & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1979-1980 she was owned by John F. Millerd, West Vancouver BC Canada. In 1984 she was owned by Alan G. Grout (MO), Granthams Landing BC Canada. In 1987 she was owned by Terry Ryan, Gibsons BC Canada. In 2004 she was owned by Willard Demarce, Sechelt BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2004-10-19

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Kasasa is a Japanese name for Magpie.

 

Anecdotes
In 1920 this vessel was a double-ended fishboat hull design. In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Fukawa, Masaki with Stanley Fukawa and the Nikkei Fishermen's History Book Committee (2009); ;
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