Japanese POW transport ships that were sunk in WWII

Date	Japanese POW transport ship	Casualties
01-07-1942	MONTEVIDEO MARU Torpedoed near Luzon (Philippines) by USS Sturgeon	1033
30-09-1942	LISBON MARU Torpedoed by U.S.S. Grouper in an area to the South of Shanghai.	900
15-01-1943	NITIMEI MARU Sunk by US bombers in the Golf van Martaban, Burma	32
17-11-1943	RYUKYU MARU Sunk by Allied bombers west of the island of Timor.	41
29-11-1943	SUEZ MARU Torpedoed by submarine USS Bonefish north of Bali island.	540
25-02-1944	TANGO MARU Torpedoed north of Lombok island by submarine USS Rasher	3000
24-06-1944	TOMOHOKU MARU Torpedoed by USS TANG off Nagasaki, Japan.	510
26-06-1944	HARUKIKI MARU Was sunk near Sumatra in the Strait of Malacca by the British submarine HMS Truculent.	178
07-09-1944	SHINYO MARU Sunk by American Submarine USS Paddle off the west coast of Mindanao at Sindangan Point (Philippines).	668
12-09-1944	KACHIDOKI MARU Was torpedoed by the American submarine USS Pampanito RAKUYO MARU Sunk by American submarine USS Sealion II near Hainan – South China Sea. (Both ships, sailing in a large convoy, were headed for Japan.)	1546
18-09-1944	JUNYO MARU Sunk by British submarine HMS Tradewind off the west coast of Sumatra between Bengkulu and Padang.	5620
21-09-1944	HOFUKU MARU (Also known as the Fuji Maru, Fuku Maru and the Toyofuku Maru) Sunk by American bombers off Luzon (Philippines) bound for Japan	1047
24-10-1944	ARISIAN MARU Was torpedoed by the submarine USS Shark II in the Bashi Straits, South China Sea, east of Hong Kong.	1791
15-12-1944	ORYOKO MARU Sunk by US Navy planes from the USS Hornet near Manila.	1000

NB. These ships carried no markings or flag indicating that they were carrying Allied prisoners. Allies had no way of recognizing these ships as carrying POWs.

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