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''Java Arrow''<nowiki/>'s very first voyage was to [[British Raj|India]] via the [[Suez Canal]], with a [[Backhaul (trucking)|backhaul]] stop in [[Balikpapan]], a city in the [[Dutch East Indies]], while on her way to Europe. ''Java Arrow'' sailed [[East Asia]] until 1931, when she was transferred to the [[East Coast of the United States]].<ref name=":5" />

[[File:Java Arrow and Daishin Maru No 3 crew.jpg|left|thumb|Crewmen from ''Java Arrow'' and ''Dashin Maru No. 3'' in Japan, 1926]]

In February 1926, ''Java Arrow'' was sailing from [[Singapore in the Straits Settlements#Crown colony (1867–1942)|Singapore]] to the United States when it discovered the wrecked ''[[Daishin Maru No. 3]],'' a Japanese cargo ship. She had been caught in a storm in the [[Tsugaru Strait]], which had exhausted the ship's fuel supply. She had drifted south for around six weeks, the crew eating rats caught by the [[ship's cat]]—and later the cat—tocat itself—to stay alive. Two or three weeks in, two lifeboats with 14 or 15 people had been launched in hopes of finding land—though they did not return. After her 17 crew members were rescued by ''Java Arrow'' via [[Heaving line knot|heaving lines]], they were first taken to [[San Francisco]] and eventually back to [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]. The cargo ship was left as a [[Flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict#Derelict|derelict]] was, later located by the [[Government of Japan#History|Japanese government]] and taken to [[Yokohama]] for repairs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 19, 1926 |title=Steamer's Crew. Some Rescued Starving, Others Believed Lost. |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>"Casualty reports" ''The Times'' (London). Wednesday, January 27, 1926. Issue '''44180''', col F, p. 5.</ref>

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