Gokoku Maru

Gokoku Maru was a Japanese 10,500-ton Hōkoku-Maru-class ocean liner. During World War II, she was torpedoed and sunk by the United States Navy submarinee USS Barb (SS-220) on 10 November 1944 in the Pacific Ocean off Koshiki Jima, Kyushu, Japan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "USS BARB SS 220". Pigboats.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
↑ LaVO, Carl P. (2011). The Galloping Ghost: The Extraordinary Life of Submarine Legend Eugene. Naval Institute Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-1612510460. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
↑ Gokoku Maru Tabular Record of Movement

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1944

Shipwrecks	1 Nov: USS Abner Read, TA 20, HMS Whitaker 2 Nov: Fort Lee 3 Nov: Akikaze 5 Nov: Kiebitz, Nachi, PB-107 7 Nov: USS Albacore, HM LST-420 8 Nov: USS Growler 9 Nov: U-537 10 Nov: Gokoku Maru, USS Mount Hood 11 Nov: Hamanami, Naganami, USS Scamp, Shimakaze, U-771, U-1200, Wakatsuki 12 Nov: HMAS Marlean, Tirpitz 13 Nov: Akebono, Akishimo, Hatsuharu, Hatsu Maru, I-12, Kiso, Okinami 17 Nov: USS LST-6, Mayasan Maru, NKI 01, Shin'yō (ex-Scharnhorst) 18 Nov: I-41, Seisho Maru 20 Nov: USS Mississinewa, HMAS ML 827 21 Nov: Kongō, Urakaze 22 Nov: HMS Stratagem 24 Nov: Hansa 25 Nov: Kumano, HMCS Shawinigan, Shimotsuki, Sumida, U-482, Yasoshima 27 Nov: Rigel 28 Nov: U-80 29 Nov: Fushimi, Shinano Unknown date: Mogador, U-479, U-1020

Other incidents	10 Nov: HMS Hydra 13 Nov: U-1052 17 Nov: HMAS ML 827, Seisho Maru 23 Nov: Gus W. Darnell 30 Nov: HMS Duff

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