N.Y.K. S.S. "Yasukuni Maru" - set within decorative border
N.Y.K. (Nippon Yusen Kaish line) ocean liner S.S. "Yasukuni Maru" - set within a decorative border. The ship was launched in 1930 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. at Nagasaki. On 24th January 1944, Yasukuni Maru was assigned to a troop convoy departing Tateyama, Chiba for Truk. On 31 January, approximately 17 miles northwest of Truk, the convoy was attacked by the US submarine USS Trigger (SS-237) and Yasukuni Maru was hit by two torpedoes. She took on water rapidly, and sank within five minutes
Picture No
12689024
Media ID
45777632
Size
5171px x 3284px
(3.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1930
