Torpedoed by American submarine USS Sturgeon. Bound for Okinawa. Vessel carrying 6,000 plus members of the Japanese 44th Independent Mixed Brigade. Attacked and sunk by British aircraft at Neustadt Bay, Baltic. Sunk by German air attack off St Nazaire while engaged in troop evacuation.
Site is a designated war grave.
Some lists show up to 9,000 on board with up to 7,000 killed. 3,100 French auxil' Cruiser 13,753 tons. Torpedoed by U-35 West of Kithira Island, Greece. Burned and sunk after British air attack at Lubeck Bay. Passengers included inmates from Neuengamme Concentration Camp.