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Japanese transport ship Hakuyo Maru (1942)

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Coordinates: 50°21′N 150°20′E / 50.350°N 150.333°E / 50.350; 150.333
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History
Empire of Japan
NameHakuyo Maru
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kobe[1]
Laid down3 July 1941
Launched29 August 1942
Sponsored byOsaka Merchant Shipping Co., Ltd., Osaka
Completed29 December 1942
Identification49541[1]
Fatetorpedoed by submarine, 25 October 1944
Notes
General characteristics
Typetransport ship
Tonnage5,742 grt (16,260 m3) standard[1]
Length112.95 m (370 ft 7 in) o/a[1]
Beam18.50 m (60 ft 8 in)[1]
Draught10.11 m (33 ft 2 in)[1]
Installed power2,000 hp (1,491 kW)[1]

Hakuyo Maru (Japanese: 白鷹丸) was a Japanese transport ship of during World War II.

History

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 / 50.350; 150.333[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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nagasawa, Fumio (1998). "白陽丸 HAKUYO MARU (1942)". Nostalgic Japanese Steamships (in Japanese).
  2. ^ a b c d e Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "Kaibokan! IJN Escort Fukue: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ^ Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "Rikugun Yusosen! IJN Escort Umekawa Maru Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Chapter VII: 1944". Hyperwar - The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy during World War II.
  5. ^ "Chronological List of Japanese Merchant Vessel Losses". Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee.
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