Name Yoshida Maru No. 1 Completed 1919 Length 122 m | Operator Yamashita Kisen K. K. In service 1919 - 1944 | |
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Builder Asano Shipbuilding Company, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama Fate lost in war on 26 April 1944 | ||
Not to be confused with SS Yoshida Maru, which sank in January 1944.
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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.