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Meizan Maru as SS City of Vancouver - Photo by Walter E. Frost
Meizan Maru as SS City of Vancouver - Photograph by Walter E. Frost

Name 明山丸 Meizan Maru
Former Names SS City of Vancouver, SS Ven-Koh
Ship Type Tanker
Launched/Completed 1920
Builder Coughlan J. & Sons, Ltd., Vancouver, Canada
Tonnage 5,480 tons
Owner Miyachi Kisen K. K.
Loss Date August 27, 1943
Location 13-35N, 121-22E
Circumstances Sunk by torpedo
Number of Men Lost 4 crew members
 

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Name of Submarine USS Grayling (SS-209) Patrol Number 8
Commanding Officer CDR Robert M. Brinker Attack No. 1059

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