Edogawa Maru
History | |
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Japan | |
Launched: | 1944 |
Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk 18 November 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Troop transport |
Tonnage: | 6,968 tons |
Length: | 128 m |
Beam: | 18.2 m |
Draught: | 11.1 m |
Propulsion: | steam turbine |
Edogawa Maru was a 6,968 ton Japanese transport ship that was sunk by USS Sunfish on 18 November 1944 with 2,114 lives lost.
Edogawa Maru sailed as part of convoy MI-27 with seven other ships from Moji to Miri, Borneo, on 15 November 1944. Escorted by a converted minesweeper and three smaller vessels, the convoy hugged the coast of the Korean peninsula to try to avoid American submarines.[1] Nevertheless, a group of three submarines—Peto, Spadefish, and Sunfish—found and attacked the convoy on the night of 17/18 November. At 22:00 a torpedo from Sunfish struck and crippled Edogawa Maru. In the early hours of 18 November a second torpedo from Sunfish finished off the Edogawa Maru. The ship hadn't been evacuated in the meantime and 1,998 soldiers and 116 crewmen were KIA.[2]
Seisho Maru, Osakasan Maru and Chinaki Maru were also sunk that night.
See also
References
- ↑ Hackett, Bob; Peter Cundall (2007). "JN Minesweeper W-101: Tabular Record of Movement". Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ↑ "Edogawa Maru (+1944)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- David L Williams (2012). In the Shadow of the Titanic: Merchant Ships Lost With Greater Fatalities The History Press