Hakuyo Maru (Japanese: 白鷹丸) was a Japanese cargo ship of during World War II.
History
She was launched October 1942 at the Osaka shipyard of Ohara Shipbuilding & Steel Works for the benefit of shipping company Kyushu Yusen Co., Ltd. (jp: 九州郵船), Fukuoka and completed in 1943.[1]
On 10 June 1945, she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Dace in the Sea of Okhotsk, 120 miles (190 km) west of Simushir Island at 47°21′N 149°07′E / 47.350°N 149.117°E.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "博洋丸 HAKUYO MARU (1943)". Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
- ^ Silverstone, Paul (10 September 2012). The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. Routledge; 1 edition. p. 131. ISBN 9781135864729.
- ^ "Chapter VII: 1945 - January". Hyperwar - The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Submarine Dace (SS-247) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking merchant cargo ship Hakuyo Maru in Sea of Okhotsk, about 120 miles west of Shimushu Island 47°21'N, 149°07'E
- ^ "Chronological List of Japanese Merchant Vessel Losses". Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee.
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