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Originally Posted by PaulH513
An unfortunate incident that happen today has me wondering to what extent were POW ships used during the war and if they were marked clearly as such on the side of the ships and if so were there lights on the lettering at night time.
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POW ships apparently weren't marked as such. Otherwise the infamous "Laconia Incident" would have never taken place where a British ship carrying 1,800 Italian prisoners of war was torpedoed by the U-156.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident
American subs also tragically and unknowingly sank Japanese ships bearing Allied POWs to Japan.