Japanese cargo ship
Oigawa Maru (大井川丸) was a 6,494
GRT transport ship of the
Imperial Japanese Army during
World War II.
On 10 December 1941, while unloading troops at Pandan, Philippines, she was bombed and damaged and beached to prevent sinking.
She left
Rabaul, New Britain on 1 March 1943, as part of Operation 81, carrying a cargo of troops, equipment, fuel, landing craft and ammunition for
Lae, New Guinea.
[3] The convoy was attacked by aircraft of the
United States Army Air Forces and
Royal Australian Air Force from 2 March 1943, known as the
Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Oigawa Maru was bombed and damaged on 3 March, and was later sunk by motor torpedo boats
PT-143 and
PT-150 and sank at (
06°58′S 148°16′E / 6.967°S 148.267°E / -6.967; 148.267)
There were 78 crewmen and 1,151 troops of the
51st Division who were killed in action.
[4]
Notes
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1941 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 2 Dec:
Virsaitis
- 6 Dec:
HMS Perseus
- 7 Dec:
USS Arizona,
USS California,
USS Cassin,
Cynthia Olson,
USS Downes,
Ha-19,
M-16,
M-18,
M-20,
M-22,
USS Nevada,
USS Oglala,
USS Oklahoma,
Sauternes,
USS Shaw,
U-208,
USS Utah,
USS West Virginia,
HMCS Windflower
- 8 Dec:
SS Capillo,
Nisqually,
USS Penguin,
HMS Peterel,
Ravnaas
- 10 Dec:
HMS Banka,
USS Bittern,
I-70,
HMS Prince of Wales,
HMS Repulse,
Takao Maru,
No. 10, USS
YP-16
- 11 Dec:
Hayate,
Kisaragi,
HMS Lady Shirley
- 12 Dec:
Awazisan Maru,
HMS Moth,
HMS Tamar
- 13 Dec:
Alberico da Barbiano,
Alberto di Giussano
- 14 Dec:
HMS Galatea
- 15 Dec:
Empire Barracuda,
HNLMS O 16,
U-127
- 16 Dec:
U-557
- 17 Dec:
Corregidor,
Ro-66,
Shinonome,
U-131
- 18 Dec:
U-434
- 19 Dec:
HMS Neptune,
HNLMS O 20,
HMS Stanley,
U-574
- 20 Dec:
Emidio,
HMS Kandahar
- 21 Dec:
HMS Audacity,
HMS Cicala,
HNLMS K XVII,
U-451,
U-567
- 23 Dec:
Hayataka Maru,
Montebello,
Patrol Boat No. 32,
Patrol Boat No. 33,
Shuntien,
U-79
- 24 Dec:
Absaroka,
HNLMS K XVI,
USS Rochester,
Sagiri,
HMS Salvia
- 25 Dec:
Empire Dragon,
USS Sealion,
HMS Thracian
- 26 Dec:
Unyo Maru No. 2
- 27 Dec:
Arayat,
Canlaon
- 28 Dec:
Banahao,
DCH-1,
U-75,
Volo,
SS Connecticut
- 29 Dec:
BRP Banahaw,
Ro-60
- Unknown date:
HMS H31,
USS Nereus,
HMS Triumph,
Vizcaya
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Other incidents | |
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1943 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 2 Mar:
Kyokusei Maru,
Meriwether Lewis
- 3 Mar:
Aiyo Maru,
Arashio,
Doggerbank,
Kembu Maru,
Oigawa Maru,
Shirayuki,
Sin-ai Maru,
Stag Hound,
Taimei Maru
- 4 Mar:
Asashio,
City of Pretoria,
Marietta E,
Tokitsukaze,
U-87
- 5 Mar:
Empire Tower,
USS Grampus,
Minegumo,
Murasame
- 8 Mar:
′s Jacob,
James B. Stephens,
U-156
- 9 Mar:
Fort Battle River
- 10 Mar:
U-633,
Richard Bland,
Nailsea Court
- 11 Mar:
HMS Harvester,
U-432,
U-444
- 12 Mar:
HMS Lightning,
HMS Turbulent,
U-130
- 13 Mar:
Clan Alpine,
Empress of Canada,
U-163
- 14 Mar:
HMS Thunderbolt
- 15 Mar:
USS Triton
- 16 Mar:
Benjamin Harrison
- 19 Mar:
Lulworth Hill,
U-5,
U-384
- 21 Mar:
K-3,
U-163
- 22 Mar:
U-524,
U-665
- 23 Mar:
Delfino,
Windsor Castle
- 24 Mar:
Bungsberg
- 25 Mar:
U-469
- 27 Mar:
HMS Dasher,
U-169
- 28 Mar:
Caterina Costa,
Ceuta,
Masaya,
Suwa Maru
- 29 Mar:
U-77
- 30 Mar:
SS Empire Bowman,
U-416
- Unknown date:
Sirène
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