IJN · AP
Asakaze Maru
Photos and infoPassenger-cargo ship, about 6,517 tons. Divers call the wreck K-5 Upright. She was already on the bottom in Kwajalein lagoon when the landings opened. Navy photo 80-G-205294, dated 4 December 1943, shows her blowing up. One account dates the bombs 3 December and says she sank in about five hours. Not credited to one plane. Her builder is not recorded here. This is not the destroyer Asakaze.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
|---|---|
| Fate | Sunk. Already a wreck in Kwajalein lagoon when the landings opened. Carrier aircraft blew her up on 4 December 1943. One account puts the bombs on 3 December and says she sank about five hours later. Not credited to one plane. Not the destroyer Asakaze, and not the later ships of this name. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
A Japanese ship exploding in Kwajalein lagoon during the U.S. carrier attack of December 1943. The site record identifies the ship as Asakaze Maru and gives 4 December 1943. The National Museum of the U.S. Navy caption for 80-G-205294 names no ship and says November 1943. This is a picture of her loss, not a portrait of the ship. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-205294. Wikimedia Commons File:80-G-205294 (18087587683).jpg. Public domain.
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Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · sunk in Kwajalein lagoon on 4 December 1943, already a wreck at the landings; one account puts the bombs on 3 December. Not credited to one plane
