Toyama Maru
Japanese ship
 Toyama Maru in 1941 | |
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| Name | Toyama Maru |
| Laid down | 4 August 1913 |
| Launched | 20 March 1915 |
| Completed | 3 June 1915 |
| Fate | Sunk by USS Sturgeon near Tairajima, 29 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Troop transport |
| Tonnage | 7,085 GRT |
| Length | 135.6 metres (445 ft) |
| Beam | 17.7 metres (58 ft) |
| Draught | 10.4 metres (34 ft) |
| Installed power | 5700 shp |
| Propulsion | 4 x Steam turbine engines DR geared to dual shaft, 2 screws, 4 single boilers, 12 corrugated furnaces |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Complement | 4330 |
| Crew | 76 |
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 44th Independent Mixed Brigade when she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sturgeon (SS-187) in the Nansei Shoto, off Taira Jima, Japan, at position 27º47'N, 129º05'E. 5,400 soldiers and crew members were killed during the sinking, although 600 others got off the ship.
See also
References
- Yahara, Hiromichi (1997). The Battle for Okinawa. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-18080-7.
External links
- Duncan, George. "1944: Maritime Disasters of World War II". Historical Facts of World War II.
27°47′N 129°05′E / 27.783°N 129.083°E / 27.783; 129.083
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1944
- 1 Jun: USS Herring
- 3 Jun: U-477, WBS 2 Coburg
- 5 Jun: V 622 Almuth, USS Osprey
- 6 Jun: USS Corry, USS LCI(L)-93, Minazuki, USS PC-1261, HNoMS Svenner, V 421 Rauzan, HMS Wrestler
- 7 Jun: HMS Centurion, Empire Defiance, Hayanami, USS Susan B. Anthony, USS Tide, U-629, U-955
- 8 Jun: Audacious, Harusame, James Iredell, Kazagumo, HMS Lawford, USS Rich, U-373, U-441, U-970, West Grama
- 9 Jun: Courbet, Dover Hill, HMS Durban, Empire Bunting, Empire Flamingo, Matsukaze, USS Meredith, HNLMS Sumatra, Tanikaze, Z32, ZH1
- 10 Jun: USS Glennon, Innsbruck, Mistral, Ro-111, U-821
- 11 Jun: USS Partridge, Ro-42, U-980
- 12 Jun: Kainan Maru, HMS Sickle, U-490, V 206 Otto Bröhan, V 212 Friedrich Busse
- 13 Jun: HMS Boadicea, I-33, Ro-36, U-715
- 14 Jun: USS Golet
- 15 Jun: HMS Blackwood, M 507, PA 1, PA 2, Shiratsuyu, U-860, U-987, V 202 Franz Westermann
- 16 Jun: I-6, Ro-44, U-998
- 17 Jun: Ro-114, Ro-117
- 18 Jun: Albert C. Field, U-767
- 19 Jun: I-184, Shōkaku, Taihō
- 20 Jun: Hiyō, HMAS Matafele
- 21 Jun: Bolzano, HMS Fury
- 22 Jun: Eurydice, I-185, Sirène
- 24 Jun: Derrycunihy, I-52, U-971, U-1225
- 25 Jun: U-269
- 26 Jun: Aquileia, U-317, U-719, 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, V 422 Kergroise
- Unknown date: Bosna, USS LCT-209, U-740
- 7 Jun: USS Meredith
- 11 Jun: HMS Halsted
- 16 Jun: U-998
- 18 Jun: USS Hawkbill
- 23 Jun: HMS Scylla
- 25 Jun: HMS Glasgow, HMS Goodson
- 26 Jun: Gorizia
- Unknown date: HMS Sickle, Sonderburg
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