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The was a Japanese cargo ship owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1941 by Hakodate Dock at Hakodate on the northern island of Hokkaidō. ==History== The ''Yoshida Maru'' was built at Hakodate; and she left port in August 1941 on her maiden voyage.〔Haworth, R.B. ( Miramar Ship Index ): (''Yoshida Maru,'' ID#4048724 ).〕 The 2,921-ton vessel had a length of 310 feet (93 m), and her beam was 45 feet (13.8 m). The single turbine, single screw propulsion produced an average speed of .〔 ==World War II== ''Yoshida Maru'' was requisitioned as an auxiliary gunboat/minelayer and transport ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was armed with 3 guns of 12 cm and machineguns. On 18 January 1944, she was sunk by the submarine ''USS Flasher'' at 140 miles west-southwest of Minami-Tori-shima, .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Official Chronology of The US Navy in World War II )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Yoshida Maru」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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