Name SS Ryusei Maru Fate Sunk 1944 Beam 15.5 m (51 ft) Length 117 m | Yard number 177 Tonnage 4,777 GRT Launched 1911 | |
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Builder Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | ||
SS Ryusei Maru (隆西丸, Ryūsei Maru) was a Japanese transport ship that was sunk by USS Rasher on 25 February 1944. Nearly 5,000 lives were lost.
On the same day Rasher also sank Tango Maru, killing some 3,500 Japanese laborers and POWs.
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