The Tenth Yuyo Maru Incident (November 9, 1974)

On November 9, 1974, in Tokyo Bay On November 9, 1974, a large Japanese tanker, the Yoyo Maru No. 10 (43,727 tons, 38 crew members), which was on its way to Kawasaki Port from the Persian Gulf, loaded with naphtha, LPG, and other cargo, and a steel cargo ship, the Yoyo Maru No. 14 (14,480 tons, 38 crew members), which was on its way to Kimitsu Port in Chiba Prefecture, arrived at Uraga Channel in Tokyo Bay. No. 10 Yuyo Maru (43,700 tons, 38 crew members), a large Japanese tanker that was heading to the Port of Kawasaki from the Persian Gulf full of naphtha, LPG, etc., and the (38 crew members), and the Pacific Ares (18,847 tons, 2,9 crew members), a Liberian cargo ship carrying 14,800 tons of steel from Kimitsu Port, Chiba Prefecture, bound for Los Angeles, collided. The two ships collided. A total of 33 people on both ships were killed. The shock of the collision caused the naphtha-laden hold of the Tenth Yuyo Maru to explode and burst into flames, and the Pa was instantly engulfed in the flames of the explosion before most of the crew could escape. Repeated small explosions of naphtha and other materials caused the tanker Yuyo Maru No. 10 to burst into flames from its bow in Tokyo Bay in 1974. Photo taken by Shoichi Kokubo from a helicopter at the head office on November 9, 1974. Another cut from the December 1 issue, page 6