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Awa Maru

國家日本
造船廠Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
安放龍骨日期1941年7月10日
下水日期1942年8月24日
服役日期1943年3月5日
沉沒日期1945年4月1日
排水量11,249 tons standard
長度502 feet
寬度66 feet
動力來源Two diesel engines, two screws
速度17 knots

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ww2dbaseAwa Maru of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) was laid down in 1941 as a passenger ship, but by the time she was completed in 1943, Japan was involved in war, and Awa Maru was immediately placed into Japanese Army service as a troop transport. In 1945, she began to serve as a Red Cross relief ship, carrying supplies for Allied prisoners of war in Japanese captivity. On 28 Mar 1945, after disembarking supplies for POWs in Singapore, she embarked passengers both civilian and military, took on loads of nickel and rubber, and set sail for Japan. On 1 Apr, while sailing in the Taiwan Strait, she was detected and attacked by USS Queenfish which mis-identified her as a destroyer. Of the 2,003 passengers and crew aboard, only one survived. Civilian Captain Matsutaro Hamada was killed during the sinking.

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Awa Maru 互動地圖

Awa Maru Operational Timeline

1943年3月5日 Awa Maru was commissioned into service.
1944年12月26日 Escort carrier Kaiyo, Patrol Boat No. 102, minelayer Niizaki, escort vessel Okinawa, escort vessel Type C No. 25, escort vessel Type C No. 207, and escort vessel Type C No. 63 departed Singapore at 1158 hours to escort convoy HI-84 consisted of transport Ikutagawa Maru, transport Awa Maru, tanker Akashi Maru, tanker Toa Maruk tanker Amato Maru, tanker Ryoei Maru, and tanker Miri Maru; Awa Maru also carried about 525 British, American, and Australia prisoners of war.
1944年12月29日 Japanese convoy HI-84 arrived at Cap Saint-Jacques, Cochinchina at 1157 hours and departed at 1625 hours. Tanker Akashi Maru and transport Ikutagawa Maru remained at Cap Saint-Jacques, while the escort force gained escort vessels Type C No. 27 and Type D No. 34.
1944年12月30日 Japanese convoy HI-84 sailed past battleship-carrier Ise, battleship-carrier Hyuga, cruiser Oyodo, cruiser Ashigara, destroyer Asashimo, and destroyer Kasumi in the South China Sea in the morning. At 1157 hours, HI-84 arrived at Binhoang Bay, French Indochina.
1944年12月31日 Japanese convoy HI-84 departed Binhoang Bay, French Indochina at 0745 hours. At about 1000 hours near the coast of Tuy Hoa, Annam, French Indochina, USS Dace fired 3 torpedoes at carrier Kaiyo, with all torpedoes missing. The Japanese were not aware of the attack. At 1804 hours, HI-84 arrived at Quy Nhon, Annam.
1945年1月1日 Japanese convoy HI-84 departed Quy Nhon, Annam, French Indochina at 0057 hours.
1945年1月2日 Japanese convoy HI-84 arrived at Tourane, Annam, French Indochina at 0105 hours.
1945年1月3日 Japanese convoy HI-84 departed Tourane, Annam, French Indochina at 0755 hours. While sailing south of Hainan, China, tanker Miri Maru struck a mine and suffered flooding in her engine room; the tanker was detached from the convoy to sail to Hong Kong at a slow speed.
1945年1月5日 Japanese convoy HI-84 arrived at Hong Kong at 1840 hours and departed at 1937 hours.
1945年1月9日 Japanese convoy HI-84 arrived at Zhoushan archipelago, Zhejiang, China near Shanghai at 1120 hours.
1945年1月10日 Japanese convoy HI-84 departed Zhoushan archipelago, Zhejiang, China at 0720 hours.
1945年1月13日 Japanese convoy HI-84 arrived at Moji, Fukuoka, Japan at 1725 hours.
1945年4月1日 The 11,000-ton Japanese liner Awa Maru, given safe passage by the Americans because she had revealed that she was carrying Red Cross parcels and other aid to Allied POWs, was torpedoed and sunk by American submarine USS Queenfish in the Taiwan Strait just off the coast of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China after a breakdown in communications. Of the estimated 2,500 people on board, many of them skilled Japanese technicians, only one survived. For the only time in the war, the US Government acknowledged responsibility for wrongfully sinking an enemy ship and promised compensation after the war. Queenfish's commanding officer was court martialled for negligence, but was later exonerated based on the fact that Awa Maru was later discovered to be smuggling rubber and other war materials.




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