Gokoku Maru

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Gokoku Maru was a Japanese 10,500-ton Hōkoku-Maru-class ocean liner. During World War II, she was torpedoed and sunk by the United States Navy submarinee USS Barb (SS-220) on 10 November 1944 in the Pacific Ocean off Koshiki Jima, Kyushu, Japan.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ "USS BARB SS 220". Pigboats.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ^ LaVO, Carl P. (2011). The Galloping Ghost: The Extraordinary Life of Submarine Legend Eugene. Naval Institute Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-1612510460. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. ^ Gokoku Maru Tabular Record of Movement

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