Japanese minesweeper Tama Maru No. 2

History


Name:	Tama Maru No. 2
Owner:	Taiyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha (1936-1941) Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1944)
Builder:	Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Launched:	1936
Fate:	Sunk as a result of damage by US aircraft on 13 March 1942
Status:	Shipwreck
General characteristics
Displacement:	264 gross ton
Length:	119.7 feet (36.5 m)^[1]
Beam:	24.1 feet (7.3 m)
Draught:	13.7 feet (4.2 m)
Propulsion:	Triple expansion engines (76 NHP)

The Tama Maru No. 2 was a 264 gross ton whaler built by Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe for Taiyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha in 1936. She was requisitioned in 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and converted into a minesweeper. On 10 March 1942, during the invasion of Lae-Salamaua, Tama Maru No. 2 was damaged by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers from the United States Navy aircraft carriers USS Lexington and USS Yorktown off Lae, New Guinea.

Fate

On 13 March 1942, Tama Maru No. 2 sank as a result of damage inflicted off Lae.

↑ "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942

Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter 7 Mar: Arabutan 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585

Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 25 Mar: Imperial Transport

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