The Awa Maru (阿波丸) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1941–1943 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, 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.

阿波丸事件 指在1945年4月1日， 日本郵船 之客貨轮“ 阿波丸 ”自 新加坡 航向 日本 的途中，在 台灣海峽 福建 福州市 平潭县 牛山島 附近的海面，被 美國海軍 潛水艇 “ 皇后魚號 （英语：USS Queenfish (SS-393)） ”用3顆魚雷（一說为4顆）擊沉之事件。 阿波丸於1943年3月5日下水，其長155米、寬20米、高12.6米、重1.1249萬吨。 1945年 第二次世界大戰 結束前， 英 美 等國家在 國際紅十字會 的協助下，促使日本將救援物資送到被扣押在 東南亞 一帶的戰俘。

only one survivor, the sinking of the Awa Maru was the third worst maritime disaster in history. (By way of comparison, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had claimed 2,403 American lives.) (U) The lone survivor was picked up by the Queenfish. From him it was learned that the Awa Maru, a ship which the United States had pledged its

Close to midnight on 1 April 1945, in the wan­ing days of the war against Japan, the sub­marine USS Qiteenfish (SS-393) torpedoed and sank the huge Japanese freighter Awa Maru. After four torpedoes slammed into her hull, the ship plunged to the bottom of the Strait of Taiwan, set­tling in 30 fathoms of water inside the territorial limits of ...

「阿波丸」(Awa Maru)為日本郵船株式會社所屬船舶，1942年由三菱長崎造船所建造，排水量11,249噸，鋼質船身長153米、寬20米、深12.6米。 動力系統為2台三菱柴油主機、雙軸雙槳，速率20.8 節。

The Awa Maru (阿波丸) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1899 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The ship's name comes in part from the ancient province of Awa. [1] This turn-of-the-20th-century Awa Maru was the first NYK vessel to bear this name. [2]

On the night of April 1, 1945, the Awa Maru was sunk in the Taiwan Strait by the submarine USS Queenfish. With poor visibility and only a head-on view, the Awa Maru’s illuminated white crosses were not visible. What happened, and why?

The Awa Maru (阿波丸) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1941–1943 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, 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.

阿波丸事件 指在1945年4月1日， 日本郵船 之客貨輪「阿波丸」自 新加坡 航向 日本 的途中，在 台灣海峽 福建 平潭縣 牛山島 附近的海面，被 美國海軍 潛水艇 「皇后魚號潛水艇」用3顆魚雷（一說為4顆）擊沉之事件。 阿波丸於1943年3月5日下水，其長155米、寬20米、高12.6米、重1.1249萬噸。 1945年 第二次世界大戰 結束前， 英 美 等國家在 國際紅十字會 的協助下，促使日本將救援物資送到被扣押在 東南亞 一帶的戰俘。

2017年7月31日 · In April 1945, the Awa Maru was a Japanese ocean liner requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese navy, sailing under the protection of the Red Cross with 2004 passengers and crew. After delivering Red Cross supplies to Singapore, the Awa Maru took on stranded merchant marine officers, military personnel, diplomats and civilians and departed for Japan.