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Buddahaid · 08-10-16, 05:52 PM

I didn't quite get the name but I did catch it was sunk by the Triton.

From Wikipedia.

On 24 December1942, the submarine sighted the mast of a ship on the horizon, headed for Wake anchorage. Triton (alerted by ULTRA)[29] closed to 1,000 yards (910 m) and launched two torpedoes. One hit under the stack, the other under the foremast. Amakasu Maru Number 1 was obliterated in a cloud of smoke and steam as she went under.

Looks just like it and it was a water tanker.
http://www.combinedfleet.com/Amakasu_t.htm

08-10-16, 05:52 PM	#3
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I didn't quite get the name but I did catch it was sunk by the Triton. From Wikipedia. On 24 December1942, the submarine sighted the mast of a ship on the horizon, headed for Wake anchorage. Triton (alerted by ULTRA)[29] closed to 1,000 yards (910 m) and launched two torpedoes. One hit under the stack, the other under the foremast. Amakasu Maru Number 1 was obliterated in a cloud of smoke and steam as she went under. Looks just like it and it was a water tanker. http://www.combinedfleet.com/Amakasu_t.htm __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie Last edited by Buddahaid; 08-10-16 at 06:18 PM.