Japanese ship
Toyama Maru
Toyama Maru in 1941
History
Japan
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
External links
27°47′N 129°05′E / 27.783°N 129.083°E / 27.783; 129.083
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1944
Shipwrecks
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
Other incidents