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Edogawa Maru (Kanji:Шаблон:Lang) was a 6,968-ton Japanese Type 2A Wartime Standard cargo ship that was sunk by Шаблон:USS on 18 November 1944 with 2,114 lives lost.

Edogawa Maru sailed as part of convoy MI-27 with seven other ships from Moji to Miri, Borneo, on 15 November 1944. Escorted by a converted minesweeper (Шаблон:Ship) and three smaller escorts (Type D escort ship CD-134 and two Шаблон:Sclass2s, Шаблон:Ship and CHa-157), the convoy hugged the coast of the Korean peninsula to try to avoid American submarines.[1] Nevertheless, a group of three submarines—Шаблон:USS, Шаблон:USS, and Шаблон:USS—found and attacked the convoy on the night of 17/18 November. At 22:00 a torpedo from Sunfish struck and crippled Edogawa Maru. In the early hours of 18 November a second torpedo from Sunfish finished off Edogawa Maru. The ship had not been evacuated in the meantime and 1,998 soldiers and 116 crewmen died when the ship sunk.[2]

The ships Шаблон:Ship, Osakasan Maru, and Chinaki Maru were also sunk that night.

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Шаблон:November 1944 shipwrecks