Arisan Maru
From Warlike
Arisan Maru was a 6,886 GRT Type 2A freighter constructed in 1944 during World War II and was one of Imperial Japan's hell ships. The vessel, named for a mountain on Taiwan, was initially used as a troop transport. The vessel was then turned over for use for the transportation of prisoners of war (POWs) from the Philippines to Manchuria, China or Japan. On October 24, 1944, the ship was torpedoed by an American submarine and sank. Of the 1,781 POWs aboard, all of them escaped the sinking ship but were not rescued by the Japanese. In the end, only nine of the prisoners survived the sinking.
1944
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speed 13 knot, length 136.8 metre, beam 18.2 metre,
United States Navy, 
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Location: 20.7667, 118.3, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Arisan Maru ⓘ
Japanese type 2A freighter
ArisanMaru launch| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| object | watercraft | 1944 | Arisan Maru | cargo ship | Wikidata |
| commons | image | ArisanMaru launch | Commons | ||