SS Yoshida Maru No. 1 was a Japanese cargo ship owned by Yamashita Kisen K. K. The ship was built in 1919 by Asano Shipbuilding Company, at Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, and sank on 26 April 1944 with great loss of life.
History
Yoshida Maru No. 1 was built at Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama in 1919. She was the first ship of her class of 25 standard cargo ships (referred to as Type B at the time) built by Asano Shipyard (one was built at the Uraga Dock Company) between 1918 and 1919.[2]
World War II
Yoshida Maru No. 1 was requisitioned as a transport ship by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
In April 1944, she departed Shanghai as part of the Take Ichi convoy carrying a full Japanese regiment of the 32nd Infantry Division. On April 26, 1944 she was spotted and sunk by the submarine USS Jack. There were no survivors[3] from the 2,586 soldiers, 81 ship's crew, and 2 armed guards aboard at the time of sinking.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ "Yoshida Maru No.1 (+1944)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "第一吉田丸型 YOSHIDA MARU No.1 Class 25隻 (1918-1919)". Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
- ^ ShipHistory: "Ship History". Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ^ "Convoy Take Ichi" (PDF). All Japan Seamen's Union. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
References
- Blair, Clay. (2001). Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-217-9; OCLC 45207785
- David L Williams (2012). In the Shadow of the Titanic: Merchant Ships Lost With Greater Fatalities The History Press
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