Wreck of Nojima Maru
Japan
- Position
- About 7.2° S, 148.5° E (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised as a precaution
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
The year of loss is not recorded, so its age and protection status cannot be verified.
How this was decided: Seadar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 50%. When in doubt, Seadar generalises the position.
Nojima Maru, also known as Noshima Maru or Nozima Maru, was an 8,215-ton coal ship, also used as troop transport ship by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Kobe and launched in 1919, the Nojima Maru was part of the China Area Fleet in 1937, and operated off Shanghai in support of the fleet. On 27 December 1941, 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) southwest of Hong Kong, the Nojima Maru was torpedoed by USS Perch. The bow was blown off, but Nojima was saved by stranding herself in Hunghai Bay. It took one year to repair the ship. On 1 March 1943, she left Rabaul, New Britain, as part of Operation 81, carrying 1,225 men of the IJA's 51st Division, the Navy's 3rd Air Defense Unit and 600 troops of the Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) for Lae, New Guinea.
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