YUSOSEN!
(Standard 2AT Tanker KENJO MARU by Ueda Kihachiro)
EININ MARU
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2011-2013 Bob Hackett
23 September 1944:
Tamano. Laid down at the Mitsubishi Jukogyo K. K.
shipyard as a 6,968-ton Type 2A Standard Cargo Ship for Nippon Yusen K.K., Tokyo.
1944:
Converted to a Standard 2AT Tanker while on the ways.
1944:
Launched and named EININ MARU
August 1944:
Completed.
18 October 1944:
At 0700, EININ MARU departs Imari Bay, near Sasebo,
for Cap St. Jacques, Indochina and Miri, Borneo in convoy MI-23 consisting of
MUNAKATA, HIKACHI (NISSHO), MATSUMOTO, KOSHIN, ENRYAKU, RITSUEI, YAMASONO,
EBARA, ENREKI, SHOEI, HIROTA, UNZEN, YOKAI and SHIROTAE MARUs and YUZAN MARU No.
2 and survey ship HAKUSA escorted by kaibokan CD-14, CD-20, CD-34, CD-38, CD-39,
CD-46 and patrol boats PB-38 and P-102 (ex-USS STEWART, DD-224).
20 October 1944:
Anchors in Raro Bay, Chosen (Korea).
22 October 1944:
At the Shushan anchorage, E of Shanghai.
24 October 1944:
75 miles ENE of Foochow, China. At 1000, HIROTA,
UNZEN and YOKAI MARUs are detached for Takao escorted by PB-38 and PB-102.
25 October 1944:
Formosa Strait. At 0208, Cdr (later Rear Admiral-Ret) Richard H. O’Kane’s USS TANG (SS-306), running on the surface, torpedoes and sinks EBARA and MATSUMOTO MARUs at 25-04N, 119-35E. TANG commences another attack, but one of her remaining torpedoes commences a circular run.
CD-34’s lookouts spot the torpedo and witness an explosion which sinks the submarine. Nine American submariners are found drifting on the surface including Captain O’Kane.
CD-34 rescues the survivors and later claims to have sunk TANG, but, in fact, the submarine was sunk by TANG's very last torpedo - a defective BuOrd Mark-18 torpedo. CD-34 is detached with the POWs for Takao, Formosa.
27 November 1944: At 0205, EININ MARU departs Singapore in convoy SHISA-30 also consisting of ENRYAKU, TOHO, FUJISAN, HIKACHI (NISSHO), TATSUMIYA, YAMAKUNI and DAISHU MARUs escorted by kaibokan CD-27, minesweeper W-34, subchasers CH-34 and CH-35 and auxiliary gunboat HUASHAN (KAZAN) MARU.
30 November 1944:
Arrives at St Jacques, Vichy French, Indochina.
1945:
Reconverted to dry cargo service.
1951:
Sold to Hayashikane Kaiun K.K., Tokyo
1951:
Tokyo. Transfers to Taiyo Gyogyo K. K. Re-engined and converted to a refrigerated carrier. Her weight increases to 7,492 gross register tons.
1957:
Transfers to Taiyo Gyogyo K. K. and Hokkaido Gyogyo Kosha K.K., Tokyo.
1958:
Re-engined.
1965:
Transfers to Taiyo Gyogyo K.K., Tokyo
1969:
Sold to Daien Reizo K.K., Shimizu. Renamed DAIEN MARU.
1976:
Sold to an unknown buyer.
1979:
Scrapped at an unknown location.
- Bob Hackett
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