Arisan Maru

A 6,886-ton freighter, Arisan Maru was one of Imperial Japan's World War II hell ships.

On October 24, 1944, Arisan Maru was transporting 1,781 US and Allied military and civilian POWs when she was hit by a torpedo from an American submarine (either USS Shark or USS Snook), at about 5 p.m.; she finally sank about 7 p.m. No POWs were killed by the torpedo strikes and nearly all were able to leave the ship's holds but the Japanese did not rescue any of the POWs that day. Only nine of the prisoners aboard survived the event. Five escaped and made their way to China in one of the ship's two life boats. They were reunited with U.S. Forces and returned to the United States. The four others were later recaptured by Imperial Japanese naval vessels, where one died shortly after reaching land.

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1944

Shipwrecks	3 Oct: I-177, USS Seawolf, USS Shelton 4 Oct: HMCS Chebogue, U-228, U-993 5 Oct: Sparviero 6 Oct: U-168 10 Oct: Ha-61, Ha-62, Ha-63, Ha-65, Ha-66, Ha-68, Jingei, U-2331 15 Oct: U-777 16 Oct: U-1006 17 Oct: Itsukushima 18 Oct: HMAS Geelong 23 Oct: Atago, Kimikawa Maru, Maya, V.5506 Zick 24 Oct: Arisan Maru, USS Darter, Musashi, USS Princeton, USS Shark, USS Sonoma, U-673, Wakaba 25 Oct: Akizuki, Asagumo, Chikuma, Chitose, Chiyoda, Chōkai, Fusō, USS Gambier Bay, Hatsuzuki, USS Hoel, USS Johnston, Michishio, Mogami, USS Samuel B. Roberts, HMCS Skeena, USS St. Lo, Suzuya, Tama, USS Tang, Wakaba, Yamagumo, Yamashiro, Zuihō, Zuikaku 26 Oct: Abukuma, Hayashimo, I-26, Kinu, Noshiro, Nowaki, Uranami 27 Oct: Fujinami, Shiranui, U-1060 28 Oct: USS Eversole Unknown date: USS Escolar, U-1226

Other incidents	4 Oct: U-92, U-437 8 Oct: HMCS Mulgrave 12 Oct: HMS Loyal 14 Oct: HMCS Magog 15 Oct: Leipzig 16 Oct: Externsteine 17 Oct: USS Montgomery 19 Oct: U-957 23 Oct: U-985 24 Oct: U-382

1943 1944 1945 September 1944 November 1944

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Arisan Maru

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