- Nankai Maru
-
The MV Nankai Maru was a 8416 ton freighter built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd, Nagasaki, Japan, in 1933 for Osaka Shosen Kaisha.[1]
She was requisitoned by the Imperial Japanese Navy as a transport in late 1941. She participated in the invasion fleets at Midway, Milne Bay (where she was damaged by a bomb), Guadacanal (where she was also damaged by a bomb). She was struck by a dud torpedo from USS Kingfish on 8 December 1942 near Okinotorishima. On 25 December 1943, she was damaged by a torpedo from USS Seadragon near Cape St. George, New Ireland and later collided with the destroyer Uzuki. She was sunk by a torpedo from USS Sealion while travelling from Singapore on 12 September 1944 in the South China Sea east of Hainan Island at 18°42'N, 114°30'E.
Citations
- ^ "Osaka Shosen Kaisha". The Ships List. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/osk.htm. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
External links
Categories:- 1930 ships
- Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Ships damaged by aircraft
- Ships sunk by American submarines
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
