A fact from Ryou-Un Maru appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 April 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Other : add ISBNs and remove excessive or inappropriate external links from Aral Sea; check La Belle (ship) for GA status; improve citations or footnotes and remove excessive or inappropriate external links from MS Estonia
[1] seems to have a picture of the ship being swept out to sea by the tsunami, and the derelict off the coast of Canada. The same picture is also plastered over Japanese language blogs. 70.24.244.198 (talk) 06:15, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The side by side images are two different ships. The superstructure on the ship on the right is much farther forward than the one on Ryō Un Maru. —Diiscool (talk) 13:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: page moved -- JHunterJ (talk) 23:44, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ryō Un Maru → Ryou-Un Maru – The commonly used name for the ship is "Ryou-Un Maru", which contains a hyphen and a different romanization. See Google News . Even this Japanese language article uses "Ryou-Un Maru" [2]70.24.244.198 (talk) 04:52, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I based the article name on the recommendations in the Wikipedia MOS but I am more than happy to have the article moved if it would help people to find it. My Japanese language skills are nonexistent. —Diiscool (talk) 14:48, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
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I have edited the caption of the second photo to reflect that it was taken post-shelling. Many large holes are clearly visible in the photo that are not present in the first photo, which shows the same side of the ship. In the second photo, the coast guard is hosing the Maru with water, either to put out what appears to be a fire (judging by the smoke) or perhaps to encourage the vessel to flood and sink. 172.250.202.110 (talk) 18:42, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
