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| − | + | One of more than 200 ships on a list of Japanese Hell Ships - those that transported allied prisoners of war during the Pacific War. Them Fukkai Maru made at least one journey with POWs captured in Malaya and Singapore to Korea in 1942. | |
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| + | On Monday 13 Dec 1943 the Fukkai Maru was torpedoed off Palau by the US Submarine ''Pogy'' (SS266). In turn the submarine was damaged by depth charges and had to break off the attack. Palau is an archipelago of more than 500 islands east of the Philippine island of Mindanao, and north of West Papua. She had earlier been identified as leaving Tako on Formosa as part of an escorted convoy on 2 Jul 1943. | ||
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==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
Revision as of 01:59, 28 March 2019
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| Name | SS Fukkai Maru |
| Type | Japanese Tramp Steamer |
| Displacement | 3,829 tons |
Remarks
One of more than 200 ships on a list of Japanese Hell Ships - those that transported allied prisoners of war during the Pacific War. Them Fukkai Maru made at least one journey with POWs captured in Malaya and Singapore to Korea in 1942.
On Monday 13 Dec 1943 the Fukkai Maru was torpedoed off Palau by the US Submarine Pogy (SS266). In turn the submarine was damaged by depth charges and had to break off the attack. Palau is an archipelago of more than 500 islands east of the Philippine island of Mindanao, and north of West Papua. She had earlier been identified as leaving Tako on Formosa as part of an escorted convoy on 2 Jul 1943.