Japanese escort ship Amakusa

Amakusa was an escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As an Escort she her career escorting convoys. She was damaged by a magnetic mine at Chichi Jima 20 December, 1944. Sailed to Yokosuka and drydocked 13 January 1945. Repairs finished 22 January. On 26 February 1945 damaged by US Navy aircraft from Task Force 58 east of Izu Shima, 26 crewmen killed. Repaired at Yokosuka with repairs finished on 16 March, 1945. On August 9, 1945, while lying in harbor at Onagawa Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, the ship came under attack by a Corsair piloted by Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray which resulted in its sinking. 71 crewmen killed.

In 2007, a memorial was dedicated to both the crew of the Amakusa and Lt. Gray overlooking the town of Onagawa in Sakiyama Scenic Park.