Claim: SS Ural Maru was a hospital ship during World War II and was sunk in 1944 after having made its first voyage back in 1929.
Evidence: Ural Maru (うらる丸, Uraru-Maru) was a 6,374-ton Japanese merchant vessel, used as a transport ship and hospital ship during World War II. She was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of some 3,700 lives on 27 September 1944. Ural Maru made her first voyage on 12 April 1929.