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History
Japan
Name Takao Maru
Owner Osaka Shosen Kaisha
Operator Imperial Japanese Navy
Builder Uraga Dock Company
Yard number 317
Laid down 19 July 1926
Launched 2 April 1927[1]
Completed 1927
Fate Beached on 10 December 1941 at 17-29N, 120-26E[2]
General characteristics
Class and type Takao Maru Class[1]
Type Passenger/cargo
Tonnage 4,282 GRT
Length 108.4 m (356 ft)
Height 7.1 m (23 ft)
Depth 14.8 m (49 ft)
Propulsion Mitsubishi turbine engine, 3,915 SHP
Speed 16.32 knots
Takao Maru (高雄丸 ) was a 4,282-ton Japanese combined cargo vessel/passenger ship built in 1927 by Uraga Dock Company for Osaka Shosen Kaisha .[3]
She was originally conceived as a high speed transport for perishable fruits, especially bananas, and had an advanced mechanical ventilation system to cool her cargo hold. She could also accommodate six first-class and 64 third-class passengers.
Fate
During the opening days of World War II , while assisting Japanese troops in the Japanese invasion of Vigan in northern Luzon , Philippines on 10 December 1941, she was attacked by Curtiss P-40 Warhawks, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Seversky P-35 fighters and of the Far East Air Force and was beached to prevent sinking.[4] [5] The beached ship was later attacked by Filipino guerrillas and was rendered a complete loss.
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1941
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
Other incidents
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks
1 Mar: USS Edsall , HMS Encounter , HNLMS Evertsen , HMS Exeter , USS Houston , USS Pecos , HMAS Perth , USS Pope , Rooseboom , U-656
2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert , USAT Don Esteban , Ha-13 , HNLMS K X , HNLMS K XIII , HNLMS K XVIII , HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden , USS Pillsbury , USS Stewart , Toendjoek , Van Waerwijck , HNLMS Witte de With
3 Mar: USS Asheville , Koolama , SS Mary , USS Perch
4 Mar: HMAS Yarra
5 Mar: Auby
6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter , Rononia
7 Mar: Arabutan , HNLMS Gouden Leeuw , Nyggjaberg , Uniwaleco
8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois , HNLMS Jan van Amstel , Smyshlyony
10 Mar: Lady Nelson , Kongō Maru , Tenyo Maru , Yokohama Maru
11 Mar: HMS Naiad
12 Mar: Texan
13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2 , Tolten
14 Mar: U-133
15 Mar: U-503 , HMS Vortigern
17 Mar: Île de Batz , San Demetrio
18 Mar: E.M. Clark
19 Mar: Papoose
20 Mar: HMS Heythrop
21 Mar: Vamar
23 Mar: British Prudence
24 Mar: HMS Southwold , U-655
26 Mar: HMS Jaguar , HMS Legion , HMS P39
27 Mar: USS Atik , U-587 , Equipoise
28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown , Raceland
29 Mar: Hertford , Z26
30 Mar: U-585
Unknown: Emilia , Panay
Other incidents