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Sanuki Maru
Sanuki Maru

Name 讃岐丸 Sanuki Maru
Ship Type Passenger/Cargo ship converted into a Seaplane Tender
Launched/Completed 1939
Builder Mistubishi Jukogyo K. K.
Tonnage 9,246 tons
Owner Imperial Japanese Navy
Loss Date January 28, 1945
Location of Attack 33-55N, 122-55E
Circumstances Sunk by torpedo
Number of Men Lost At least 317 men of two Explosive Motorboat Squadrons carried on Sanuki Maru and all 78 of their EMBs
 

Submarine Information

Name of Submarine USS Spadefish (SS-411) Patrol Number 3
Commanding Officer CDR Gordon W. Underwood Attack No. 3453

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