Description: N.Y.K. M.S CHICHIBU-MARU ~ KAMAKURA MARU Sunk by US submarine USS Gudgeon 1943 Wikipedia:On April 28, 1943, the Kamakura Maru, sailing from Manila to Singapore and carrying some 2,500 soldiers and civilians. The vessel was unescorted in the Sulu Sea 15 miles southwest of Naso Point, Panay Island, Philippine Islands. The US submarine USS Gudgeon fired a spread of four torpedoes at the Japanese vessel at 3,200 yards range. After two minutes there were two explosions. The Kamakura Maru was hit twice on her starboard side at the No. 4 hold where fuel and vehicles immediately caught fire which rapidly spread. Twelve minutes after the strike there was an explosion and the ship upended and sank by the stern. The US submarine passed through the area where the ship sank and reported a dozen lifeboats and floating debris and a large number of people in the water.[3]Four days later, 465 survivors (28 sailors out of 176 crew, and 437 passengers) were rescued from the sea by Japanese ships, implying some 2,035 people were killed. The Japanese crew failed to send out a distress signal before the ship sank, thus no one suspected its loss until 3 May 1943. Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral Feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up! Thank you, -Socaloutpost
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