SS Yoshida Maru No. 1

Not to be confused with SS Yoshida Maru, which sank in January 1944.

History
Japan
Name	Yoshida Maru No. 1
Operator	Yamashita Kisen K. K.
Builder	Asano Shipbuilding Company, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Completed	1919
In service	1919–1944
Fate	Sunk, 26 April 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage	5,425 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	121.9 m (400 ft)
Beam	16.2 m (53 ft)
Height	9.8 m (32 ft)
Propulsion	1 triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Notes	Steel construction

The SS Yoshida Maru No. 1 was a Japanese cargo ship owned by Yamashita Kisen K. K. The ship was built in 1919 by Asano Shipbuilding Company, at Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, and sank on 26 April 1944 with great loss of life.

History

The Yoshida Maru No. 1 was built at Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama in 1919.

World War II

Yoshida Maru No. 1 was requisitioned as a transport ship by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

In April 1944, she departed Shanghai as part of the Take Ichi convoy carrying a full Japanese regiment of the 32nd Infantry Division. On April 26, 1944 she was spotted and sunk by the submarine USS Jack. There were no survivors from the 2,586 soldiers, 81 ship's crew, and 2 armed guards aboard at the time of sinking.

See also

• List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines

References

• Blair, Clay. (2001). Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-217-9; OCLC 45207785
• David L Williams (2012). In the Shadow of the Titanic: Merchant Ships Lost With Greater Fatalities The History Press