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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Japanese_barque_Kank%C5%8D_Maru" title="Japanese barque Kankō Maru">Japanese barque Kankō Maru</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"> </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 class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/42px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/63px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/84px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em"><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Kanko Maru</i> (漢江丸)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td>Nakata Shipyard</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>1940</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>26 December 1940</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Sanko Kisen Co., Ltd.</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>1 May 1941</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>Requisitioned by <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a>, 4 December 1941</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>20 December 1941</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Homeport</td><td><a href="/wiki/Amagasaki" title="Amagasaki">Amagasaki</a><sup id="cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKankoStats-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">Identification</td><td>47973<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKankoStats-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">Fate</td><td>Torpedoed and sunk by <a href="/wiki/USS_Cavalla_(SS-244)" title="USS Cavalla (SS-244)">USS <i>Cavalla</i></a>, 5 January 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_call_sign" title="Maritime call sign">Call sign</a>: JBLP<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKankoStats-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Juliett.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/15px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/23px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/30px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Bravo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/ICS_Bravo.svg/15px-ICS_Bravo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/ICS_Bravo.svg/23px-ICS_Bravo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/ICS_Bravo.svg/30px-ICS_Bravo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Lima.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/ICS_Lima.svg/15px-ICS_Lima.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/ICS_Lima.svg/23px-ICS_Lima.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/ICS_Lima.svg/30px-ICS_Lima.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Papa.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/ICS_Papa.svg/15px-ICS_Papa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/ICS_Papa.svg/23px-ICS_Papa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/ICS_Papa.svg/30px-ICS_Papa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></li> </ul></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">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Steamship" title="Steamship">Steamer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td>909 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a><sup id="cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKankoStats-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ws_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ws-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DNI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>56.9 m (186 ft 8 in) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">o/a</a><sup id="cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKankoStats-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">Beam</td><td>9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKankoStats-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">Draught</td><td>5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKankoStats-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">Propulsion</td><td>1 diesel engine, single shaft, 1 screw<sup id="cite_ref-ws_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ws-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>1 x <a href="/wiki/8_cm/40_3rd_Year_Type_naval_gun" title="8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun">8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun</a><br /> 1 x <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_M1929_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun">Type 93 13 mm AT/AA machine gun</a><br /> 1 x <a href="/wiki/Lewis_gun" title="Lewis gun">Lewis gun</a><br /> 24 <a href="/wiki/Depth_charges" class="mw-redirect" title="Depth charges">depth charges</a><br /> 4 x Type 14 capture nets<br /> 1 x hanging <a href="/wiki/Hydrophone" title="Hydrophone">hydrophone</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Kanko Maru</b></i> (<i>Japanese:</i> 漢江丸) was a steel-hulled steamer that was converted into an auxiliary <a href="/wiki/Net_layer" class="mw-redirect" title="Net layer">net layer</a> 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>. </p> <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=Japanese_netlayer_Kanko_Maru&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was launched on 26 December 1940 at the Nakata Shipyard (中田造船所) for the benefit of Sanko Kisen K.K. (<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E5%85%89%E6%B1%BD%E8%88%B9" class="extiw" title="jp:三光汽船">jp:三光汽船</a>) and completed on 1 May 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKankoStats-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TodaKanko_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKanko-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 December 1941, she was requisitioned by the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a>, commissioned on 20 December 1941 into the <a href="/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo">Sasebo</a> Guard Force, <a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Naval_District" title="Sasebo Naval District">Sasebo Naval District</a>, and then sent to the shipyard of Tochigi Shoji K.K. for conversion into an auxiliary <a href="/wiki/Net_layer" class="mw-redirect" title="Net layer">net layer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKanko_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKanko-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 December 1941, she was reassigned to the <a href="/wiki/Chinkai_Guard_District" title="Chinkai Guard District">Chinkai Guard District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKanko_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKanko-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 November 1942, her net-laying equipment was removed and she was converted into a cargo/transport ship although she retained her mine-sweeping equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKanko_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKanko-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 November 1942, she was reassigned to the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Expeditionary_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="Southern Expeditionary Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Southern Expeditionary Fleet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKanko_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKanko-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 January 1945, the US submarine <a href="/wiki/USS_Cavalla_(SS-244)" title="USS Cavalla (SS-244)"><i>Cavalla</i></a> torpedoed and sank <i>Kanko Maru</i> and her fellow auxiliary net layer <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_netlayer_Shunsen_Maru_(1920)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese netlayer Shunsen Maru (1920)">Shunsen Maru</a></i> in the <a href="/wiki/Java_Sea" title="Java Sea">Java Sea</a> 44 nautical miles north north west of <a href="/wiki/Bawean_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Bawean Island">Bawean Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_East_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Netherlands East Indies">Netherlands East Indies</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at coordinates <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=Japanese_netlayer_Kanko_Maru&params=05_00_S_112_20_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">05°00′S</span> <span class="longitude">112°20′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.000°S 112.333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-5.000; 112.333</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-TodaKanko_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TodaKanko-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Japanese_netlayer_Kanko_Maru&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><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 .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-TodaKankoStats-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TodaKankoStats_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFToda2019" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Toda, Gengoro S. 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href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Yu_1" title="Japanese submarine Yu 1"><i>Yu 1</i></a></li> <li>4 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Ommaney_Bay" title="USS Ommaney Bay">USS <i>Ommaney Bay</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Lewis_L._Dyche" title="SS Lewis L. Dyche"><i>Lewis L. Dyche</i></a></li> <li>5 Jan: <i><a href="/wiki/Type_A_K%C5%8D-hy%C5%8Dteki-class_submarine" title="Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine">Ha-71</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Type_A_K%C5%8D-hy%C5%8Dteki-class_submarine" title="Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine">Ha-82</a></i>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Kanko Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Momi_(1944)" title="Japanese destroyer Momi (1944)"><i>Momi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Isaac_Shelby" title="SS Isaac Shelby"><i>Isaac Shelby</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_netlayer_Shunsen_Maru" title="Japanese netlayer Shunsen Maru"><i>Shunsen Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Yu_3" title="Japanese submarine Yu 3"><i>Yu 3</i></a></li> <li>6 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Long" title="USS Long">USS <i>Long</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_submarine_S-4" title="Soviet submarine S-4"><i>S-4</i></a></li> <li>7 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Hovey" title="USS Hovey">USS <i>Hovey</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Palmer" title="USS Palmer">USS <i>Palmer</i></a></li> <li>9 Jan: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_chaser_Cha-216" title="Japanese submarine chaser Cha-216"><i>Cha-216</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Kuroshio_Maru" title="SS Kuroshio Maru"><i>Kuroshio Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-679" title="German submarine U-679"><i>U-679</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1020" title="German submarine U-1020"><i>U-1020</i></a></li> <li>11 Jan: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_chaser_Hakuyo_Maru" title="Japanese submarine chaser Hakuyo Maru"><i>Hakuyo Maru</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_warship_Prezidentas_Smetona" title="Lithuanian warship Prezidentas Smetona">T-76 Kotall</a></i></li> <li>12 Jan: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_No.17" title="Japanese escort ship No.17">CD-17</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_No.19" title="Japanese escort ship No.19">CD-19</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_No.23" title="Japanese escort ship No.23">CD-23</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_No.35" title="Japanese escort ship No.35">CD-35</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_No.43" title="Japanese escort ship No.43">CD-43</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_No.51" title="Japanese escort ship No.51">CD-51</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_auxiliary_cruiser_Ramb_II" title="Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb II">Ikutagawa Maru</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kashii" title="Japanese cruiser Kashii"><i>Kashii</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_Lamotte-Picquet" title="French cruiser Lamotte-Picquet"><i>Lamotte-Picquet</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Finnish_minelayer_Louhi" title="Finnish minelayer Louhi"><i>Louhi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_minesweeper_M-1" title="German minesweeper M-1"><i>M-1</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_minesweeper_Otowa_Maru" title="Japanese minesweeper Otowa Maru"><i>Otowa Maru</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)">PB-103</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Swordfish_(SS-193)" title="USS Swordfish (SS-193)">USS <i>Swordfish</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_landing_ship_No.140" title="Japanese landing ship No.140"><i>T.140</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_minesweeper_W-101" title="Japanese minesweeper W-101"><i>W-101</i></a></li> <li>14 Jan: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-362" title="Japanese submarine I-362"><i>I-362</i></a></li> <li>15 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Claus_Rickmers" title="SS Claus Rickmers"><i>Claus Rickmers</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hatakaze_(1924)" title="Japanese destroyer Hatakaze (1924)"><i>Hatakaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Tsuga_(1920)" title="Japanese destroyer Tsuga (1920)"><i>Tsuga</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_YP-73" title="USS YP-73">USS <i>YP-73</i></a></li> <li>16 Jan: <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Herndon_(DD-198)" title="USS Herndon (DD-198)">Deyatelny</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Donau_(1929)" title="SS Donau (1929)"><i>Donau</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-248" title="German submarine U-248"><i>U-248</i></a></li> <li>17 Jan: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2515" title="German submarine U-2515"><i>U-2515</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2523" title="German submarine U-2523"><i>U-2523</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2530" title="German submarine U-2530"><i>U-2530</i></a></li> <li>19 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Porpoise_(N14)" title="HMS Porpoise (N14)">HMS <i>Porpoise</i></a></li> <li>21 Jan: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1199" title="German submarine U-1199"><i>U-1199</i></a></li> <li>22 Jan: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Saga" title="Japanese gunboat Saga"><i>Saga</i></a></li> <li>23 Jan: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-48" title="Japanese submarine I-48"><i>I-48</i></a></li> <li>24 Jan: <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_Rupert" class="mw-redirect" title="Empire Rupert">Empire Rupert</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Extractor" title="USS Extractor">USS <i>Extractor</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shigure_(1935)" title="Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935)"><i>Shigure</i></a></li> <li>26 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Manners_(K568)" title="HMS Manners (K568)">HMS <i>Manners</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1051" title="German submarine U-1051"><i>U-1051</i></a></li> <li>27 Jan: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1172" title="German submarine U-1172"><i>U-1172</i></a></li> <li>28 Jan:  <a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Sanuki_Maru" title="Japanese seaplane tender Sanuki Maru"><i>Sanuki Maru</i></a></li> <li>29 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Serpens_(AK-97)" title="USS Serpens (AK-97)">USS <i>Serpens</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-763" title="German submarine U-763"><i>U-763</i></a></li> <li>30 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Pontiac_(AF-20)" title="USS Pontiac (AF-20)">USS <i>Pontiac</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MV_Wilhelm_Gustloff" title="MV Wilhelm Gustloff"><i>Wilhelm Gustloff</i></a></li> <li>31 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Admiral_Nakhimov" title="SS Admiral Nakhimov"><i>Berlin III</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_PC-1129" title="USS PC-1129">USS <i>PC-1129</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2520" title="German submarine U-2520"><i>U-2520</i></a></li> <li>Unknown date: <i><a href="/wiki/Christian_Radich" title="Christian Radich">Christian Radich</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-382" title="German submarine U-382"><i>U-382</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-480" title="German submarine U-480"><i>U-480</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-650" title="German submarine U-650"><i>U-650</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1020" title="German submarine U-1020"><i>U-1020</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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>3 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Shakespeare_(P221)" title="HMS Shakespeare (P221)"><i>Shakespeare</i></a></li> <li>6 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Brooks" title="USS Brooks">USS <i>Brooks</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Spadefish_(SS-411)" title="USS Spadefish (SS-411)">USS <i>Spadefish</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Walpole" title="HMS Walpole">HMS <i>Walpole</i></a></li> <li>9 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Colorado_(BB-45)" title="USS Colorado (BB-45)">USS <i>Colorado</i></a></li> <li>11 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Belknap_(DD-251)" title="USS Belknap (DD-251)">USS <i>Belknap</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-36" title="Japanese submarine I-36"><i>I-36</i></a></li> <li>12 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_English" title="USS English">USS <i>English</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Otto_Petersen" title="SS Otto Petersen"><i>Otto Petersen</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Rock" title="USS Rock">USS <i>Rock</i></a></li> <li>15 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thane" title="HMS Thane">HMS <i>Thane</i></a></li> <li>16 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HM_LST-415" title="HM LST-415"><i>LST-415</i></a></li> 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