Mayasan Maru
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Name | Mayasan Maru |
Builder | Tamano , Japan |
Laid down | 27 August 1941 |
Launched | 29 June 1942 |
Completed | 14 December 1942 |
Commissioned | December 1942 |
Fate | Sunk, 17 November 1944 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Landing Craft Depot Ship |
Displacement | 11,910 long tons (12,101 t) standard |
Length | 459 ft 1 in (139.93 m) |
Beam | 62 ft 4 in (19.00 m) |
Depth | 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m) |
Propulsion | 10,800 hp (8,054 kW) diesel engines |
Speed | 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 20 × Daihatsu class landing craft |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | flight deck |
Mayasan Maru (摩耶山丸) was a Japanese
Service history
The ship was laid down at the
1943
Her maiden voyage was from
1944
Mayasan Maru returned to Japan with convoy Q to load the 3rd Battalion of the 119th Infantry Regiment with the 53rd Engineer Regiment, 53rd Signal Regiment, and headquarters of the IJA 53rd Division for transport to Manila with convoy Hi-37. She returned to Japan in February 1944 to load the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the IJA 151st Infantry Regiment with the 53rd Artillery Regiment and the 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment for transport to Singapore in April with convoy HI-57. While returning to Japan she avoided damage when convoy Hi-58 was attacked by USS Robalo on 24 April 1944. She traveled from Japan to Manila in May and returned to Japan in June to load the 378th, 379th and 380th Independent Infantry Battalions with other elements of the IJA 58th Independent Mixed Brigade. She avoided damage in the 12 July 1944 attack by USS Apogon and Piranha while transporting these troops to the Philippines with convoy MOMA-01. She similarly avoided damage when return convoy Hi-68 was attacked by USS Crevalle, Flasher and Angler on July 25 and 26.[2]
Mayasan Maru was attached to
Sinking
Mayasan Maru, as part of Convoy Hi-81, set sail from Imari Bay on 14 November 1944. On board were 4,387 soldiers of the 23rd Division, including the divisional headquarters, artillery and engineer companies. Also aboard was the 24th Sea Raiding Battalion with Maru-Ni explosive motorboats, 740 replacements for the Southern Army, 88 Army communications school graduates, various specialists in artillery, communications, engineering, ordnance and transport, and 204 horses.[2]
At 18:15 on 17 November 1944 at position 33°17′N 124°41′E / 33.283°N 124.683°E, the Mayasan Maru was torpedoed by the USS Picuda in rising seas, and sank in two and a half minutes taking with her 3,536 men. The escorts rescued about 1,300 men.[2]
See also
- List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines
References
- ^ Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2012). "IJA Landing Craft Depot Ships". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2012). "IJA Landing Craft Depot Ship "Mayasan Maru" : Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ISBN 9780397007530.
External links
- "MAYASAN MARU CARGO SHIP 1941-1944". wrecksite.eu.