Gosei Maru
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Gosei
Maru was a coastal steam tanker built by Tsuneishi
Shipbuilding Corporation in Numakuma in 1937 for the
Japanese company Tsurumi Seinetso Zosen K.K. She was
requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1941 and
used as an auxiliary fleet and transport tanker. Under
Operation Hailstorm 17. February 1944 she was attacked by
airplanes from USS Bunker Hill and USS Montery from US
Task Force 58. An aerial torpedo hit her in the forward
section and she went down almost immediately. The wreck
rest today on her port side on a depth of 10 to 33 meter
northeast of Uman.
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151°53'36.0"E Last updated: February 2021 |
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