Tonan Maru No. 3 (Japanese: 第三図南丸, Dai-san Tonanmaru), from 1951 simply the Tonan Maru, was a Japanese whale oil factory ship. Built at Osaka in 1938 she...
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attacked and sank the transports Hiyoshi Maru and Katori Maru; and damaged Tonan Maru No. 3 and Hokkai Maru (which is so heavily damaged that she is grounded...
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divers. It is the largest wreck in the lagoon (the somewhat larger Tonan Maru No.3 was refloated post-war), and its name is still clearly visible on the...
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cargo ship Yodogawa Maru. On 16 May, she torpedoed and seriously damaged a destroyer. The following day, Grayback intercepted four marus with one escort;...
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and the transport ships Hokkai Maru and another ship, either Tonan Maru No. 3 or Nichiran Maru, were damaged. Hokkai Maru was so heavily damaged that she...
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tanker Toa Maru to the bottom with four torpedoes. She sailed back into Pearl Harbor on 6 December. Searaven's tenth war patrol, from 17 January to 3 March...
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Ryusei Maru (隆西丸, Ryūsei Maru) was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1911 and sunk off the coast of Bali in 1944. She was launched as Bra-Kar...
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transport ships Hokkai Maru and another ship, either Tonan Maru No 3 or Nichiran Maru, were damaged. 10 members of Katori Maru's crew and an unknown number...
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Aikoku Maru (愛国丸) was an armed merchant cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The ship entered service in 1940, the ship was later converted...
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escorting the armed merchant cruiser Akagi Maru, destroyers Maikaze and Nowaki, and minesweeping trawler Shonan Maru No. 15 towards Yokosuka, but came under...
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