Toyama Maru

Toyama Maru
Toyama Maru in 1941
History
Japan
NameToyama Maru
Laid down4 August 1913
Launched20 March 1915
Completed3 June 1915
FateSunk by USS Sturgeon near Tairajima, 29 June 1944
General characteristics
TypeTroop transport
Tonnage7,085 GRT
Length135.6 metres (445 ft)
Beam17.7 metres (58 ft)
Draught10.4 metres (34 ft)
Installed power5700 shp
Propulsion4 x Steam turbine engines DR geared to dual shaft, 2 screws, 4 single boilers, 12 corrugated furnaces
Speed14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Complement4330
Crew76

Toyama Maru (富山丸) was a 7,089-ton Japanese troop transport during World War II. On 29 June 1944, Toyama Maru was transporting over 6,000 men of the Japanese 44th Independent Mixed Brigade when she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sturgeon (SS-187) in the Nansei Shoto, off Taira Jima, Japan, at position 27º47'N, 129º05'E. 5,400 soldiers and crew members were killed during the sinking, although 600 others got off the ship, making the sinking of Toyama Maru one of the worst maritime disasters in history.

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