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Name Tenjin Maru #3
Alternative Reading Tenshin Maru #3
Ship Type Cargo ship requisitioned by the Japanese Navy and manned by a civilian crew
Launched/Completed  
Builder  
Tonnage 198 tons
Owner  
Loss Date April 7, 1945
Location of Attack 36-01N, 1284-52E
Circumstances Sunk by gunfire; POW taken
Number of Men Lost  
Note

This was a small Japanese vessel usually not included in sinkings. Not credited to Spadefish in JANAC.

Cressman lists a guardboat of the same name as sunk by U.S. aircraft on March 26, 1944.

 

Submarine Information

Name of Submarine USS Spadefish (SS-411) Patrol Number 4
Commanding Officer CDR William J. Germershausen Attack No. 3792

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