Edogawa Maru

Edogawa Maru (Kanji:江戸川丸) was a 6,968 ton Japanese transport ship that was sunk by USS Sunfish (SS-281) on 18 November 1944 with 2,114 lives lost.

Edogawa Maru sailed as part of convoy MI-27 with seven other ships from Moji to Miri, Borneo, on 15 November 1944. Escorted by a converted minesweeper and three smaller vessels, the convoy hugged the coast of the Korean peninsula to try to avoid American submarines. Nevertheless, a group of three submarines—USS Peto (SS-265), USS Spadefish (SS-411), and USS Sunfish (SS-281)—found and attacked the convoy on the night of 17/18 November. At 22:00 a torpedo from Sunfish struck and crippled Edogawa Maru. In the early hours of 18 November a second torpedo from Sunfish finished off the Edogawa Maru. The ship hadn't been evacuated in the meantime and 1,998 soldiers and 116 crewmen were KIA. Seisho Maru, Osakasan Maru and Chinaki Maru were also sunk that night.