Edogawa Maru Explained

-- warships except submarines --> Ship Country: Japan Ship Launched: 1944 Ship Completed: 20 May 1944 Ship Fate: Sunk by, 18 November 1944 Ship Type: Troop transport Ship Tonnage: 6,968 tons Ship Propulsion: Steam turbine

Edogawa Maru (Kanji:Japanese: 江戸川丸) was a 6,968-ton Japanese Type 2A Wartime Standard cargo ship that was sunk by 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 escorts (Type D escort ship CD-134 and two s, and CHa-157), the convoy hugged the coast of the Korean peninsula to try to avoid American submarines.^[1] Nevertheless, a group of three submarines—,, and —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 Edogawa Maru. The ship had not been evacuated in the meantime and 1,998 soldiers and 116 crewmen died when the ship sunk.^[2]

The ships, Osakasan Maru, and Chinaki Maru were also sunk that night.

See also

• List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines

References

• David L Williams (2012). In the Shadow of the Titanic: Merchant Ships Lost With Greater Fatalities The History Press

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hackett . Bob . Peter Cundall . JN Minesweeper W-101: Tabular Record of Movement . 2007 . 2016-10-11 .
2. Web site: Edogawa Maru (+1944) . Wrecksite. 2016-10-11 .