Edogawa Maru

Edogawa Maru was a 6,968 ton Japanese transport ship that was sunk by USS Sunfish on 18 November 1944 with 2,114 lives lost. Edogawa Maru sailed as part of convoy MI-27 with seven other ships from Moji to Miri, Borneo, on 15 November 1944. Escorted by a converted minesweeper and three smaller vessels, the convoy hugged the coast of the Korean peninsula to try to avoid American submarines. Nevertheless, a group of three submarines—Peto, Spadefish, and Sunfish—found and attacked the convoy on the night of 17/18 November. At 22:00 a torpedo from Sunfish struck and crippled Edogawa Maru. In the early hours of 18 November a second torpedo from Sunfish finished off the Edogawa Maru. The ship hadn't been evacuated in the meantime and 1,998 soldiers and 116 crewmen were KIA.Seisho Maru, Osakasan M

Edogawa Maru

Edogawa Maru was a 6,968 ton Japanese transport ship that was sunk by USS Sunfish on 18 November 1944 with 2,114 lives lost. Edogawa Maru sailed as part of convoy MI-27 with seven other ships from Moji to Miri, Borneo, on 15 November 1944. Escorted by a converted minesweeper and three smaller vessels, the convoy hugged the coast of the Korean peninsula to try to avoid American submarines. Nevertheless, a group of three submarines—Peto, Spadefish, and Sunfish—found and attacked the convoy on the night of 17/18 November. At 22:00 a torpedo from Sunfish struck and crippled Edogawa Maru. In the early hours of 18 November a second torpedo from Sunfish finished off the Edogawa Maru. The ship hadn't been evacuated in the meantime and 1,998 soldiers and 116 crewmen were KIA.Seisho Maru, Osakasan M