Nikkin Maru (日錦丸) was a 5,587-ton Japanese troop transport during World War II, which sank on 30 June 1944 with great loss of life. Nikkin Maru was originally...
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SS Tamahoko Maru was a Japanese passenger-cargo ship, used as a hell ship, which was torpedoed by submarine USS Tang on 24 June 1944, carrying 772 Allied...
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USS Herring (redirect from SS-233)
escort Ishigaki and Hokuyo Maru, on the night of 30–31 May. Ishigaki had been responsible for the sinking of USS S-44 (SS-155) on 7 October 1943. Herring's...
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until she closed the range to 750 yd (690 m). A single torpedo blew Nikkin Maru in half, and the transport ship sank, taking with her some 3,200 Japanese...
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Toyama Maru (富山丸) was a 7,089-ton Japanese troop transport during World War II. On 29 June 1944, Toyama Maru was transporting over 6,000 men of the Japanese...
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Harugiku Maru 27 Jun: Kizugawa Maru 28 Jun: V 213 Claus Bolten, Kondor, Nerissa 29 Jun: Toyama Maru, Tsugaru, U-988, USS Valor 30 Jun: SS Nikkin Maru, U-478...
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event of war. The designs of Izumo Maru and her sister ship Kashiwara Maru were based on the German ocean liner SS Bremen, although they were only about...
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"Harukiku Maru – Sinking SS Van Waerwjick Party, Sumatra". 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2023. "Harugiku Maru". Roll of...
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Harugiku Maru 27 Jun: Kizugawa Maru 28 Jun: V 213 Claus Bolten, Kondor, Nerissa 29 Jun: Toyama Maru, Tsugaru, U-988, USS Valor 30 Jun: SS Nikkin Maru, U-478...
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Harugiku Maru 27 Jun: Kizugawa Maru 28 Jun: V 213 Claus Bolten, Kondor, Nerissa 29 Jun: Toyama Maru, Tsugaru, U-988, USS Valor 30 Jun: SS Nikkin Maru, U-478...
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