Dive Diary: Nippo Maru
The Nippo Maru was built in 1936 for the Okazaki Honten Steamship Co. Ltd. based in Kobe. Two of her six sister ships were also sunk in the Operation Hailstone attack, the Momokawa Maru and the Kikukawa Maru. She initially carried supplies (mostly food) from Taiwan to Japan and back. She was requisitioned in August…
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