SS Yoshida Maru
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History
The Yoshida Maru was built at Hakodate; and she left port in August 1941 on her maiden voyage.[1]
The 2,921-ton vessel had a length of 310 feet (93 m), and her beam was 45 feet (13.8 m). The single turbine, single screw propulsion produced an average speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
World War II
Yoshida Maru was requisitioned as an auxiliary gunboat/minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was armed with 3 guns of 12 cm and machineguns. On 1 October, 1943 she was reregistered as an auxiliary transport.[2] On 18 January 1944, she was sunk by the submarine USS Flasher at 140 miles west-southwest of Minami-Tori-shima, Script error: No such module "Coordinates". with the loss of 76 passengers, eight crewmen and 15 gunners.[3]
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Notes
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- ↑ a b Haworth, R.B. Miramar Ship Index: Yoshida Maru, ID#4048724.
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References
- Blair, Clay. (2001). Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. Template:ISBN; Template:Catalog lookup link
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1935). The Nomenclature of the N.Y.K. Fleet. Tokyo : Nippon Yusen Kaisha. OCLC 27933596
- Tate, E. Mowbray. (1986). Transpacific steam: the story of steam navigation from the Pacific Coast of North America to the Far East and the Antipodes, 1867-1941. New York: Cornwall Books. Template:ISBN;
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- 1941 ships
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- Auxiliary ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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- World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
- Maritime incidents in January 1944
- Japanese hell ships