Summary
Hakuyo Maru (Japanese: 白陽丸) was a Japanese transport ship of during World War II.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Hakuyo Maru |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kobe[1] |
| Laid down | 3 July 1941 |
| Launched | 29 August 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Osaka Merchant Shipping Co., Ltd., Osaka |
| Completed | 29 December 1942 |
| Identification | 49541[1] |
| Fate | Sunk by USS Seal, 25 October 1944 |
| Notes | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | transport ship |
| Tonnage | 5,742 grt (16,260 m3) standard[1] |
| Length | 112.95 m (370 ft 7 in) o/a[1] |
| Beam | 18.50 m (60 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Draught | 10.11 m (33 ft 2 in)[1] |
| Installed power | 2,000 hp (1,491 kW)[1] |
History edit
She was laid down on 3 July 1941 at the Kobe shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. for the benefit of Osaka Merchant Shipping Co., Ltd., Osaka.[1] She was launched on 29 August 1942 and completed on 29 December 1942.[1]
23 October 1944, she left Kataoka Bay Naval Base, Shimushu Island, Kuril Islands for Otaru in convoy WO-303 consisting of transports Hokoku Maru and Umegawa Maru escorted by the destroyer Kamikaze and Etorofu-class escort ship Fukue.[2][3] The transports are filled with naval personal and fishery workers being removed to the homeland for the winter from the islands of Shimushu and Paramushiro.[2]
On 25 October 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Seal at 50°21′N 150°20′E / 50.350°N 150.333°E[2][4][5] west of the Kuril Islands. She sank quickly in the frigid waters with 1,415 lives lost including 1,312 passengers.[2] Seal evaded depth charge attacks by the escorts and the remainder of the convoy reached Otaru safely.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "白陽丸 HAKUYO MARU (1942)". Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
- ^ a b c d e Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "Kaibokan! IJN Escort Fukue: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "Rikugun Yusosen! IJN Escort Umekawa Maru Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Chapter VII: 1944". Hyperwar - The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy during World War II.
- ^ "Chronological List of Japanese Merchant Vessel Losses". Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee.