Edogawa Maru

Edogawa Maru (Kanji:) was a 6,968-ton Japanese transport ship that was sunk by 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 () and three smaller escorts (Type D escort ship "CD-134" and two s, and "CHa-157"), the convoy hugged the coast of the Korean peninsula to try to avoid American submarines. Nevertheless, a group of three submarines—, , and —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.<br>
The ships , "Osakasan Maru", and "Chinaki Maru" were also sunk that night.