Tsushima Maru
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Tsushima Maru (対馬丸), an evacuation ship for schoolchildren, was sunk by the submarine USS Bowfin on her way from Okinawa to Kagoshima on August 21, 1944 . 1,484 civilians including 767 schoolchildren were killed.
Its wreck was located and identified in December 1997.
External links
- USS Bowfin Museum's account (http://www.bowfin.org/website/bowfin/bowfin_history/maru_sinking/maru_sinking.htm)Template:WWII-stub