IJN · AK
Akibasan Maru
Photos and infoCargo ship built at Tama for Mitsui and completed on 18 November 1924. Wartime register about 4,603 tons. The Navy took her as an auxiliary transport in 1941. She reached Kwajalein from Truk on 16 January 1944. On 30 January, in the pre-invasion strike, she was hit and sank in about 15 minutes. Some accounts say 31 January and planes from Bunker Hill. A U.S. record of that day's bombardment credits the destroyer Burns. Not credited to one plane or one ship. This is not her sister Akagisan Maru.
| Type | Cargo ship (AK) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Mitsui Bussan, Tama |
| Launched | 1924-09-10 |
| Commissioned | 1924-11-18 |
| Fate | Sunk. Arrived Kwajalein on 16 January 1944. Sunk in the lagoon on 30 January 1944, at 09-24 N, 157-45 E, in about 15 minutes. Fifty-three of her crew were killed. Some accounts say 31 January and planes from Bunker Hill. A U.S. record of that day's bombardment credits Burns. Not credited to one plane or one ship. Removed from the Navy List on 10 March 1944. Not sister Akagisan Maru. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
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Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · sunk in the lagoon on 30 January 1944, in about 15 minutes. Arrived 16 January. Some accounts say 31 January; a U.S. record credits Burns. Not credited to one plane
