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For the steamship launched in 1899, see <a href="/wiki/Awa_Maru_(1899)" title="Awa Maru (1899)">Awa Maru (1899)</a>.</div> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Awa_Maru_11249gt.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Awa_Maru_11249gt.JPG/300px-Awa_Maru_11249gt.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Awa_Maru_11249gt.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="147" /></a></span><div><i><b>Awa Maru</b></i></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span 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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NYK_Line_house_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/NYK_Line_house_flag.svg/23px-NYK_Line_house_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/NYK_Line_house_flag.svg/35px-NYK_Line_house_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/NYK_Line_house_flag.svg/46px-NYK_Line_house_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Yusen" title="Nippon Yusen">Nippon Yusen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nippon_Yusen" title="Nippon Yusen">NYK</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.</a> <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki,_Nagasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagasaki, Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japan</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Yard number</td><td>770</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>10 July 1941<sup id="cite_ref-trm_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>24 August 1942<sup id="cite_ref-trm_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>5 March 1943<sup id="cite_ref-trm_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In service</td><td>1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>1 April 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Torpedoed and sunk by <a href="/wiki/USS_Queenfish_(SS-393)" title="USS Queenfish (SS-393)">USS <i>Queenfish</i></a></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td>11,249 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">gross register tons</a> (GRT)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>153 m (502 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>20 m (66 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 diesels, twin screws</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>17 knots (31 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Steel construction</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Awa Maru</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">阿波丸</span></span>)</span> was a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Ocean_liner" title="Ocean liner">ocean liner</a> owned by <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Yusen" title="Nippon Yusen">Nippon Yusen Kaisha</a>. The ship was built in 1941–1943 by <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki,_Nagasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagasaki, Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a>, Japan. The vessel was designed for passenger service, but the onset of war by the time work was completed changed requirements, and she was requisitioned by the Japanese Navy. While sailing as a relief ship<sup id="cite_ref-Harper2001_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harper2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under Red Cross auspices in 1945, she was torpedoed by <a href="/wiki/USS_Queenfish_(SS-393)" title="USS Queenfish (SS-393)">USS <i>Queenfish</i> (SS-393)</a>, resulting in the death of all but one of the 2,004 people aboard.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Security_Agency_1981_4_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Security_Agency_1981_4-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship's name came in part from the ancient province of <a href="/wiki/Awa_Province_(Tokushima)" title="Awa Province (Tokushima)">Awa</a> at the east end of <a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a>, in what is now <a href="/wiki/Tokushima_Prefecture" title="Tokushima Prefecture">Tokushima Prefecture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This mid-century <i>Awa Maru</i> was the second NYK vessel to bear this name. A 6,309-ton <a href="/wiki/Awa_Maru_(1899)" title="Awa Maru (1899)"><i>Awa Maru</i></a> was completed in 1899 and taken out of service in 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-haworth4004181_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haworth4004181-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Awa_Maru&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship was built by Mitsubishi at Nagasaki on the southern island of Kyushu. The keel was laid down in the summer of 1941 (July 10, 1941). The <i>Awa Maru</i> was launched on August 24, 1942; and she was completed on March 5, 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-haworth4049894_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haworth4049894-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pacific_War">Pacific War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Awa_Maru&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pacific War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Awa Maru</i> was requisitioned and refitted for auxiliary use by the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. On 26 March 1943, <i>Awa Maru</i> left Japan carrying 3,000 tons of ammunition for <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>. <i>Awa Maru</i> traveled to Singapore with <a href="/wiki/Hi_convoys" title="Hi convoys">convoy Hi-3</a> in July 1943, and returned to Japan with convoy Hi-14 in November. She again traveled to Singapore with convoy Hi-41 in February 1944, and returned to Japan with convoy Hi-48 in March. She then transported troops to <a href="/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" title="British rule in Burma">Burma</a> with convoy Hi-63 in May, and returned to Japan with convoy Hi-66 in June.<sup id="cite_ref-trm_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Awa Maru</i> was attached to <a href="/wiki/Convoy_Hi-71" title="Convoy Hi-71">convoy Hi-71</a> carrying Operation <i>Shō</i> reinforcements to the Philippines. The convoy sailed into the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a> from <a href="/wiki/Mako_Guard_District" title="Mako Guard District">Mako</a> naval base in the <a href="/wiki/Pescadores" class="mw-redirect" title="Pescadores">Pescadores</a> on 17 August,<sup id="cite_ref-trm_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was discovered that evening by <a href="/wiki/USS_Redfish_(SS-395)" title="USS Redfish (SS-395)">USS <i>Redfish</i></a>. <i>Redfish</i> assembled other American submarines <a href="/wiki/USS_Rasher" title="USS Rasher">USS <i>Rasher</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Bluefish_(SS-222)" title="USS Bluefish (SS-222)"><i>Bluefish</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Spadefish_(SS-411)" title="USS Spadefish (SS-411)"><i>Spadefish</i></a> for a <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a>-assisted <a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_(naval_tactic)" title="Wolfpack (naval tactic)">wolfpack</a> attack in <a href="/wiki/Typhoon" title="Typhoon">typhoon</a> conditions on the night of 18/19 August.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Awa Maru</i> was one of several ships torpedoed that night, but beached at Port <a href="/wiki/Currimao" title="Currimao">Currimao</a> to avoid sinking, and was towed to Manila on 21 August.<sup id="cite_ref-CFHokkaiMaru_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFHokkaiMaru-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Awa Maru</i> was repaired in Singapore, and returned to Japan with convoy Hi-84 in January 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-trm_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sinking">Sinking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Awa_Maru&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sinking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1945 the <i>Awa Maru</i> was employed as a <a href="/wiki/Red_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Cross">Red Cross</a> relief ship, purportedly carrying vital supplies to American and Allied <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoners of war</a> (POWs) in Japanese custody. Under the <i>Relief for POWs</i> agreement, she was supposed to be given safe passage by Allied forces, and Allied commanders issued orders to that effect.<sup id="cite_ref-trm_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Having delivered her supplies, <i>Awa Maru</i> took on several hundred stranded merchant marine officers, military personnel, diplomats and civilians at Singapore.<sup id="cite_ref-sasgen438_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sasgen438-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, there were stories that the ship carried <a href="/wiki/Yamashita%27s_gold" title="Yamashita's gold">treasure worth approximately US$5 billion</a>: 40 tonnes of gold, 12 (or 2<sup id="cite_ref-East_West_1976,_p._66_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-East_West_1976,_p._66-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) tonnes of platinum (valued at about $58 million<sup id="cite_ref-East_West_1976,_p._66_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-East_West_1976,_p._66-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), and 150,000 carats (30 kg) of diamonds and other <a href="/wiki/Strategic_material" title="Strategic material">strategic materials</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less dramatic and more credible sources identify the likely cargo as nickel and rubber.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship was observed in <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> being loaded with a cargo of rice in sacks; however, that evening the docks were reportedly cleared and troops were brought in to first unload the rice and then re-load her with contraband. </p><p>Her voyage also corresponded with the last possible location of the fossil remains of <a href="/wiki/Peking_Man" title="Peking Man">Peking Man</a>, which were in Singapore at the time and were, on their own, priceless in value. There are various theories regarding the disappearance of a number of Peking Man fossils during World War II; one such theory is that the bones sank with the <i>Awa Maru</i> in April 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship departed Singapore on March 28, but on April 1 was intercepted late at night in the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Strait" title="Taiwan Strait">Taiwan Strait</a> by the American submarine <a href="/wiki/USS_Queenfish_(SS-393)" title="USS Queenfish (SS-393)">USS <i>Queenfish</i> (SS-393)</a>, which mistook her for a <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>. The <i>Awa Maru</i> had been guaranteed safe passage as a relief ship carrying Red Cross supplies to <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoner of war</a> camps.<sup id="cite_ref-Harper2001_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harper2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Harper2001Review_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harper2001Review-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the agreed rules, she disclosed to the Allies the route she would take back to Japan. Her original route was promulgated through a minefield, an apparent ruse to draw attackers into the mined area. The area was known to be mined, and would have been avoided at any rate. Her final route avoided the mines.<sup id="cite_ref-nsa_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The torpedoes of the <i>Queenfish</i> sank the ship. Only one of the 2,004 passengers and crew, Kantora Shimoda, survived.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Security_Agency_1981_4_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Security_Agency_1981_4-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the captain's personal steward, and it was the third instance of him being the sole survivor of a torpedoed ship.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commanding officer of the <a href="/wiki/USS_Queenfish_(SS-393)" title="USS Queenfish (SS-393)"><i>Queenfish</i></a>, Commander <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Loughlin" title="Elliott Loughlin">Charles Elliott Loughlin</a> was ordered by Admiral <a href="/wiki/Ernest_King" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernest King">Ernest King</a> to an immediate <a href="/wiki/Courts-martial_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Courts-martial in the United States">general court-martial</a>. As the <i>Awa Maru</i> sank "she was carrying a cargo of rubber, lead, tin, and sugar. Seventeen hundred merchant seamen and 80 first-class passengers, all survivors of ship sinkings, were being transported from Singapore to Japan....[The] survivor said no Red Cross supplies were aboard, they having been previously unloaded."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Awa_Maru&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Commander Loughlin was found guilty of negligence, and the U.S. Government offered, via neutral Switzerland, to replace the <i>Awa Maru</i> with a similar ship. Japan demanded full indemnification. </p><blockquote><p>On the very day of Japan's surrender, 14 August 1945, Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Shigenori_Togo" class="mw-redirect" title="Shigenori Togo">Togo</a> forwarded a message to the United States through Bern, Switzerland, demanding payment of 196,115,000 yen ($45 million) for the loss of 2,003 lives; 30,370,000 yen ($7.25 million) for the goods aboard the Awa Maru; and various other claims, for a total demand of 227,286,600 yen or approximately $52.5 million....No gold bullion is mentioned in the message.<sup id="cite_ref-nsa_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p>The Japanese bill was never paid, and in 1949 the matter was closed.<sup id="cite_ref-nsa_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1980, the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> launched one of the biggest salvage efforts on a single ship in history. They had successfully located and identified the wreck site in 1977 and were convinced that the vessel was carrying billions in gold and jewels. After approximately 5 years and $100 million spent on the effort, the search was finally called off. No treasure was found. However, several personal artifacts were returned to Japan. </p><p>In the aftermath of the salvage attempt, the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">NSA</a> scoured thousands of intercepted communications to determine what exactly happened to the treasure. From the communications, they determined that the treasure was not to be taken back to Japan. It was to be sent from Japan to Singapore where it would then be delivered to Thailand. The gold was successfully delivered and the <i>Awa Maru</i> was reloaded with a cargo of tin and rubber for the return trip to Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-nsa_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Awa_Maru&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine" title="Yasukuni Shrine">Yasukuni Shrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_by_death_toll_of_ships_sunk_by_submarines" class="mw-redirect" title="List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines">List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_maritime_disasters_in_World_War_II" title="List of maritime disasters in World War II">List of maritime disasters in World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Wilhelm_Gustloff" title="MV Wilhelm Gustloff">MV <i>Wilhelm Gustloff</i></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Awa_Maru&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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Trafford Publishing. p. 77. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55212-628-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55212-628-8"><bdi>978-1-55212-628-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Too+Close+for+Comfort&rft.pages=77&rft.pub=Trafford+Publishing&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-1-55212-628-8&rft.aulast=Harper&rft.aufirst=Dale+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIvjGctNV2nUC%26pg%3DPT77&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMV+Awa+Maru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-National_Security_Agency_1981_4-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-National_Security_Agency_1981_4_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-National_Security_Agency_1981_4_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNational_Security_Agency1981">National Security Agency 1981</a>, p. 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1935). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PdNAAAAAIAAJ&q=Awa+Maru+inauthor:Ponsonby-Fane"><i>The Nomenclature of the N.Y.K. Fleet,</i> pp. 8, 80.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-haworth4004181-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-haworth4004181_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haworth, R.B. Miramar Ship Index: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=4004181">ID #4004181</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-haworth4049894-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-haworth4049894_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haworth, R.B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/">Miramar Ship Index</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=4049894">ID #4049894</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlair1975" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Clay_Blair" title="Clay Blair">Blair, Clay</a> (1975). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/silentvictoryus00blai"><i>Silent Victory</i></a></span>. New York: J.B. Lippincott Company. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/silentvictoryus00blai/page/676">676–680</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780397007530" title="Special:BookSources/9780397007530"><bdi>9780397007530</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Silent+Victory&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=676-680&rft.pub=J.B.+Lippincott+Company&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=9780397007530&rft.aulast=Blair&rft.aufirst=Clay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsilentvictoryus00blai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMV+Awa+Maru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CFHokkaiMaru-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CFHokkaiMaru_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHackettKingsepp2012" class="citation web cs1">Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hokkai_t.htm">"Zatsuyosen: IJN Hokkai Maru: Tabular Record of Movement"</a>. <i>combinedfleet.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 November</span> 2019</span>. <q>21 August 1944: Under tow, AWA MARU arrives in Manila after the main body of the convoy arrives.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=combinedfleet.com&rft.atitle=Zatsuyosen%3A+IJN+Hokkai+Maru%3A+Tabular+Record+of+Movement&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=Hackett&rft.aufirst=Bob&rft.au=Kingsepp%2C+Sander&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FHokkai_t.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMV+Awa+Maru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sasgen438-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sasgen438_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sasgen, Peter T. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eaNfwlibXa4C&dq=awa+maru+Queenfish+intitle:Red+intitle:Scorpion&pg=PA438"><i>Red Scorpion: The War Patrols of the USS Rasher,</i> p. 438.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-East_West_1976,_p._66-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-East_West_1976,_p._66_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-East_West_1976,_p._66_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">East West: The Chinese-American News Magazine, Vol. 10, 1976, p. 66.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Seagrave, Sterling <i>et al</i> (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Qp55OCtxugEC&dq=name+of+Awa+maru&pg=PA203"><i>Gold warriors,</i> p. 203.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gibney, Frank <i>et al.</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ALS_Q1eFYG8C&dq=awa+maru&pg=PA115"><i>Sensō: the Japanese remember the Pacific War : letters to the editor of "Asahi Shimbun,"</i> p. 115.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNational_Security_Agency1981">National Security Agency 1981</a>, p. 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Harper2001Review-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Harper2001Review_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGordon2004" class="citation web cs1">Gordon, Bill (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kamikazeimages.net/books/ships/comfort/index.htm">"Too Close for Comfort"</a>. <i>Kamikaze Images</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 Aug</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kamikaze+Images&rft.atitle=Too+Close+for+Comfort&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Gordon&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kamikazeimages.net%2Fbooks%2Fships%2Fcomfort%2Findex.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMV+Awa+Maru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nsa-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nsa_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nsa_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nsa_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nsa_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNational_Security_Agency1981">National Security Agency 1981</a>, pp. 5–11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNational_Security_Agency1981">National Security Agency 1981</a>, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/Awa_t.htm">"Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports"</a>. www.combinedfleet.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 November</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Japanese+Army+Auxiliary+Transports&rft.pub=www.combinedfleet.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FAwa_t.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMV+Awa+Maru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLockwood1951">Lockwood 1951</a>, p. 305</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=U84WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA467">"Settlement of Awa Maru Claim"</a>. <i>Treaties and other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949, Volume 9</i>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Government_Printing_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Government Printing Office">United States Government Printing Office</a>. 1968 [April 14, 1949].</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Settlement+of+Awa+Maru+Claim&rft.btitle=Treaties+and+other+International+Agreements+of+the+United+States+of+America%2C+1776-1949%2C+Volume+9&rft.pub=United+States+Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1968&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DU84WAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA467&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMV+Awa+Maru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Awa_Maru&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Dingman, Roger. (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VwdnAAAAMAAJ&q=intitle:Ghost+intitle:of+intitle:War"><i>Ghost of War: The Sinking of the Awa Maru and Japanese-American Relations, 1945-1995.</i></a> Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55750-159-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55750-159-2">978-1-55750-159-2</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37315278">OCLC 37315278</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gibney" title="Frank Gibney">Gibney</a>, Frank and Beth Cary. (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Yxl4-HQP4poC&q=intitle:Sens%C5%8D+intitle:the+intitle:Japanese+intitle:remember+intitle:the+intitle:Pacific+intitle:War"><i>Sensō: the Japanese remember the Pacific War : letters to the editor of Asahi Shimbun.</i></a> Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7656-1643-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7656-1643-2">978-0-7656-1643-2</a>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63245677">63245677</a></li> <li>Harper, Dale P. (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IvjGctNV2nUC"><i>Too Close for Comfort</i></a>. Trafford Publishing. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55212-628-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55212-628-8">978-1-55212-628-8</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLockwood1951" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Lockwood" title="Charles A. Lockwood">Lockwood, Charles A.</a> (1951), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sinkemallsubmari011008mbp"><i>Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific</i></a>, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., <a href="/wiki/ASIN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN (identifier)">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000R556CU">B000R556CU</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sink+%27Em+All%3A+Submarine+Warfare+in+the+Pacific&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=E.+P.+Dutton+%26+Co.%2C+Inc.&rft.date=1951&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB000R556CU%23id-name%3DASIN&rft.aulast=Lockwood&rft.aufirst=Charles+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsinkemallsubmari011008mbp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMV+Awa+Maru" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNational_Security_Agency1981" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> (May 1981), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160315161053/https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/cryptologic_spectrum/sinkingawa_maru.pdf"><i>The Sinking and the Salvage of the </i>Awa Maru<i> (U): A Strange and Tragic Tale (U)</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/cryptologic_spectrum/sinkingawa_maru.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2016-03-15</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Sinking+and+the+Salvage+of+the+Awa+Maru+%28U%29%3A+A+Strange+and+Tragic+Tale+%28U%29&rft.date=1981-05&rft.au=National+Security+Agency&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsa.gov%2Fpublic_info%2F_files%2Fcryptologic_spectrum%2Fsinkingawa_maru.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMV+Awa+Maru" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ponsonby-Fane" title="Richard Ponsonby-Fane">Ponsonby-Fane</a>, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1935). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PdNAAAAAIAAJ&q=intitle:The+intitle:Nomeclature+intitle:of+intitle:the+intitle:NYK+intitle:Fleet"><i>The Nomenclature of the N.Y.K. Fleet.</i></a> Tokyo: Nippon Yusen Kaisha. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27933596">OCLC 27933596</a></li> <li>Seagrave, Sterling and Peggy Seagrave. (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=n3c_gKdOXAcC&q=intitle:Gold+intitle:Warriors"><i>Gold warriors: America's secret recovery of Yamashita's gold.</i></a> London: Verso. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85984-542-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85984-542-4">978-1-85984-542-4</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54612143">OCLC 54612143</a></li> <li>Sasgen, Peter T. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eaNfwlibXa4C&q=intitle:Red+intitle:Scorpion"><i>Red Scorpion: The War Patrols of the USS Rasher.</i></a> New York: <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7434-8910-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7434-8910-2">978-0-7434-8910-2</a></li> <li>Tate, E. Mowbray. (1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OuUvlfcIGRQC&q=Asama+Maru"><i>Transpacific steam: the story of steam navigation from the Pacific Coast of North America to the Far East and the Antipodes, 1867-1941.</i></a> New York: Cornwall Books. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8453-4792-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8453-4792-8">978-0-8453-4792-8</a>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12370774">12370774</a></li> <li>U.S. Bureau of Manufactures, Bureau of Foreign Commerce. (1905). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zGVJAAAAMAAJ&q=awa+maru"><i>Monthly consular and trade reports</i> (1854-1903).</a> Washington, D.C.: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13504256">13504256</a></li> <li>U.S. Department of State. (1968). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=U84WAAAAYAAJ&q=awa+maru"><i>Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949.</i></a> Washington: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6940">6940</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Awa_Maru&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>US Department of State: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=U84WAAAAYAAJ&dq=awa+maru&pg=PA467">"Agreement and agreed terms of understanding signed at Tokyo April 14, 1949."</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/Awa_t.htm">http://www.combinedfleet.com/Awa_t.htm</a> Tabular record of movement <ul><li>says <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=MV_Awa_Maru&params=24_40_N_119_45_E_type:event_dim:10000&title=Awa+Maru"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">24°40′N</span> <span class="longitude">119°45′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">24.667°N 119.750°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">24.667; 119.750</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Awa Maru</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Queenfish_(SS-393)" title="USS Queenfish (SS-393)">USS Queenfish (SS-393)</a> (position apparently from <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.pigboats.com/ww2/queenfish.html">http://www.pigboats.com/ww2/queenfish.html</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171025044038/http://www.pigboats.com/ww2/queenfish.html">Archived</a> 2017-10-25 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>) <ul><li>says <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=MV_Awa_Maru&params=25_25_N_120_7_E_type:event_dim:10000&title=Awa+Maru"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°25′N</span> <span class="longitude">120°7′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.417°N 120.117°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">25.417; 120.117</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Awa Maru</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></li></ul></li> <li>NSA chart <ul><li>says <span class="geo-inline"><link 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href="/wiki/HNoMS_Olav_Tryggvason" title="HNoMS Olav Tryggvason">Brummer</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_S-16" title="USS S-16">USS <i>S-16</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1221" title="German submarine U-1221"><i>U-1221</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2542" title="German submarine U-2542"><i>U-2542</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3505" title="German submarine U-3505"><i>U-3505</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_G11" title="SMS G11">T111</a></i></li> <li>4 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Dickerson" title="USS Dickerson">USS <i>Dickerson</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-237" title="German submarine U-237"><i>U-237</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-749" title="German submarine U-749"><i>U-749</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3003" title="German submarine U-3003"><i>U-3003</i></a></li> <li>5 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-242" title="German submarine U-242"><i>U-242</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_S-17" title="USS S-17">USS <i>S-17</i></a></li> <li>6 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Amatsukaze_(1939)" title="Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939)"><i>Amatsukaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Bush_(DD-529)" title="USS Bush (DD-529)">USS <i>Bush</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Colhoun_(DD-801)" title="USS Colhoun (DD-801)">USS <i>Colhoun</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Leutze" title="USS Leutze">USS <i>Leutze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Morris_(DD-417)" title="USS Morris (DD-417)">USS <i>Morris</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Newcomb" title="USS Newcomb">USS <i>Newcomb</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Witter" title="USS Witter">USS <i>Witter</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Hobbs_Victory" title="SS Hobbs Victory">SS Hobbs Victory</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Logan_Victory" title="SS Logan Victory">SS Logan Victory</a></i></li> <li>7 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Asashimo" title="Japanese destroyer Asashimo"><i>Asashimo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hamakaze_(1940)" title="Japanese destroyer Hamakaze (1940)"><i>Hamakaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Isokaze_(1939)" title="Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1939)"><i>Isokaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Isuzu" title="Japanese cruiser Isuzu"><i>Isuzu</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kasumi_(1937)" title="Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1937)"><i>Kasumi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-447" title="USS LST-447">USS <i>LST-447</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_M%C3%B6we_(1914)" title="SMS Möwe (1914)">Oldenburg</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_PGM-18" title="USS PGM-18">USS <i>PGM-18</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1195" title="German submarine U-1195"><i>U-1195</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yahagi_(1942)" title="Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942)"><i>Yahagi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato" title="Japanese battleship Yamato"><i>Yamato</i></a></li> <li>8 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-774" title="German submarine U-774"><i>U-774</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1001" title="German submarine U-1001"><i>U-1001</i></a></li> <li>9 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Scheer" title="German cruiser Admiral Scheer"><i>Admiral Scheer</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-56_(1944)" title="Japanese submarine Ro-56 (1944)"><i>Ro-56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-677" title="German submarine U-677"><i>U-677</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-747" title="German submarine U-747"><i>U-747</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-804" title="German submarine U-804"><i>U-804</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-843" title="German submarine U-843"><i>U-843</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-982" title="German submarine U-982"><i>U-982</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1065" title="German submarine U-1065"><i>U-1065</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2509" title="German submarine U-2509"><i>U-2509</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2514" title="German submarine U-2514"><i>U-2514</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3512" title="German submarine U-3512"><i>U-3512</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2516" title="German submarine U-2516"><i>U-2516</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Vale" title="SS Vale"><i>Vale</i></a></li> <li>10 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-878" title="German submarine U-878"><i>U-878</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Seydlitz" title="German cruiser Seydlitz">Weser</a></i></li> <li>12 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Mannert_L._Abele" title="USS Mannert L. Abele">USS <i>Mannert L. Abele</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-64" title="Japanese submarine Ro-64"><i>Ro-64</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-486" title="German submarine U-486"><i>U-486</i></a></li> <li>13 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Karlsruhe_(1905)" title="SS Karlsruhe (1905)"><i>Karlsruhe</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1024" title="German submarine U-1024"><i>U-1024</i></a></li> <li>14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/MV_Belgian_Airman" title="MV Belgian Airman"><i>Belgian Airman</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-235" title="German submarine U-235">German submarine <i>U-235</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1206" title="German submarine U-1206"><i>U-1206</i></a></li> <li>15 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-103_(1940)" title="German submarine U-103 (1940)"><i>U-103</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-285" title="German submarine U-285"><i>U-285</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1063" title="German submarine U-1063"><i>U-1063</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1235" title="German submarine U-1235"><i>U-1235</i></a></li> <li>16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Esquimalt" title="HMCS Esquimalt">HMCS <i>Esquimalt</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Deutschland" title="German cruiser Deutschland">Lützow</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Pringle" title="USS Pringle">USS <i>Pringle</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-78_(1940)" title="German submarine U-78 (1940)"><i>U-78</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-880" title="German submarine U-880"><i>U-880</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1274" title="German submarine U-1274"><i>U-1274</i></a></li> <li>17 Apr: <a href="/wiki/MV_Goya" title="MV Goya"><i>Goya</i></a></li> <li>19 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila" title="Italian aircraft carrier Aquila"><i>Aquila</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-251" title="German submarine U-251"><i>U-251</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-548" title="German submarine U-548"><i>U-548</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-879" title="German submarine U-879"><i>U-879</i></a></li> <li>21 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-636" title="German submarine U-636"><i>U-636</i></a></li> <li>22 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Swallow_(AM-65)" title="USS Swallow (AM-65)">USS <i>Swallow</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-518" title="German submarine U-518"><i>U-518</i></a></li> <li>23 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Eagle_56" title="USS Eagle 56">USS <i>Eagle Boat 56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-183" title="German submarine U-183"><i>U-183</i></a></li> <li>24 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Frederick_C._Davis" title="USS Frederick C. Davis">USS <i>Frederick C. Davis</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-108_(1940)" title="German submarine U-108 (1940)"><i>U-108</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-546" title="German submarine U-546"><i>U-546</i></a></li> <li>25 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_aircraft_carrier_Graf_Zeppelin" title="German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin"><i>Graf Zeppelin</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-109" title="Japanese submarine Ro-109"><i>Ro-109</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_destroyer_Dubrovnik" title="Yugoslav destroyer Dubrovnik">TA 32</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-326" title="German submarine U-326"><i>U-326</i></a></li> <li>27 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Canada_Victory" title="SS Canada Victory">Canada Victory</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Lansquenet_(1939)" title="French destroyer Lansquenet (1939)"><i>TA 34</i></a></li> <li>28 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_chaser_CH-17" title="Japanese submarine chaser CH-17"><i>CH-17</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-56_(1938)" title="German submarine U-56 (1938)"><i>U-56</i></a></li> <li>29 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-44" title="Japanese submarine I-44"><i>I-44</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-56_(1938)" title="German submarine U-56 (1938)"><i>U-56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-286" title="German submarine U-286"><i>U-286</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-307" title="German submarine U-307"><i>U-307</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1017" title="German submarine U-1017"><i>U-1017</i></a></li> <li>30 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Goodall" title="HMS Goodall">HMS <i>Goodall</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_destroyer_Beograd" title="Yugoslav destroyer Beograd">TA 43</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-879" title="German submarine U-879"><i>U-879</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1107" title="German submarine U-1107"><i>U-1107</i></a></li> <li>Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-56_(1943)" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Dickerson" title="USS Dickerson">USS <i>Dickerson</i></a></li> <li>5 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Thornton_(DD-270)" title="USS Thornton (DD-270)">USS <i>Thornton</i></a></li> <li>6 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Defense" title="USS Defense">USS <i>Defense</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Emmons" title="USS Emmons">USS <i>Emmons</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Mullany_(DD-528)" title="USS Mullany (DD-528)">USS <i>Mullany</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Rodman" title="USS Rodman">USS <i>Rodman</i></a></li> <li>8 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bullhead" title="USS Bullhead">USS <i>Bullhead</i></a></li> <li>9 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Sea_Devil_(SS-400)" title="USS Sea Devil (SS-400)">USS <i>Sea Devil</i></a></li> <li>11 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-401" title="Japanese submarine I-401"><i>I-401</i></a></li> <li>12 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Lindsey" title="USS Lindsey">USS <i>Lindsey</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1024" title="German submarine U-1024"><i>U-1024</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Zellars" title="USS Zellars">USS <i>Zellars</i></a></li> <li>14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Sigsbee" title="USS Sigsbee">USS <i>Sigsbee</i></a></li> <li>15 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ekins" title="HMS Ekins">HMS <i>Ekins</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Laffey_(DD-724)" title="USS Laffey (DD-724)">USS <i>Laffey</i></a></li> <li>16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bryant" title="USS Bryant">USS <i>Bryant</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MV_Goya" title="MV Goya"><i>Goya</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Harding_(DD-625)" title="USS Harding (DD-625)">USS <i>Harding</i></a></li> <li>19 Apr:  <a href="/wiki/USS_Bullhead" title="USS Bullhead">USS <i>Bullhead</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Pogy_(SS-266)" title="USS Pogy (SS-266)">USS <i>Pogy</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Tolman" title="USS 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