Ss Yoshida Maru No. 1

1 was a Japanese cargo ship owned by Yamashita Kisen K. K. The ship was built in 1919 by Asano Shipbuilding Company, at Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, and sank on 26 April 1944 with great loss of life.

History
Japan
Name	Yoshida Maru No. 1
Operator	Yamashita Kisen K. K.
Builder	Asano Shipbuilding Company, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Completed	January 1919
In service	1919–1944
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Jack, 26 April 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage	5,425 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	121.9 m (400 ft)
Beam	16.2 m (53 ft)
Height	9.8 m (32 ft)
Propulsion	1 triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Notes	Steel construction

The Yoshida Maru No. 1 was built at Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama in 1919. She was the first ship of her class of 25 standard cargo ships (referred to as Type B at the time) built by Asano Shipyard (one was built at the Uraga Dock Company) between 1918 and 1919.

Yoshida Maru No. 1 was requisitioned as a transport ship by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

In April 1944, she departed Shanghai as part of the Take Ichi convoy carrying a full Japanese regiment of the 32nd Infantry Division. On April 26, 1944 she was spotted and sunk by the submarine USS Jack. There were no survivors from the 2,586 soldiers, 81 ship's crew, and 2 armed guards aboard at the time of sinking.

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