Akebono Maru

History
Name: Akebono Maru
Fate: Sunk near Alaska
General characteristics
Type: Fishing Trawler

The Akebono Maru (officially registered Akebono Maru No. 28) was a Japanese fishing trawler that capsized on January 5, 1982.[1] The Minerals Management Service of Alaska reported she sank 50 miles north of the Adak and notes it at the top of its list of "Alaska's Ten Worst Shipping Losses In The Last 20 Years".[2] In total, 32 people died.[3]

Very little is known about her sinking. There are almost no English-language reports of her accident from 1982-1990. The earliest record of the ship is a New Zealand marine index of an accident that occurred on February 16, 1980, when the ship collided with a squid boat off Timaru.[4] At the time, the ship was commissioned by Ferons Ltd.

The Akebono Maru was also the name of a Japanese oil tanker damaged on June 3, 1942 during the Battle of Midway[5][6] and sunk in shallow water on March 30, 1944 off Ngeruktabel, Palau.[7] She was re-floated in 1957, but sank under tow during a storm.

Another ship, the M/S Akebono Maru, is an LNG tanker.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ Chris McGann (2001-04-03). "Two bodies found in area where fishing vessel disappeared". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  2. ↑ "Alaska's Ten Worst Shipping Losses In The Last 20 Years". Minerals Management Service. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  3. ↑ Sam Howe Verhovek (2001-04-05). "Accepting the Sea's Risk Doesn't Ease the Pain of Losses". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand Maritime Index". New Zealand National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  5. ↑ "Battle of Midway". Naval Historical Center (NHC). Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  6. ↑ "Interrogations of Japanese Officers". HyperWar Foundation. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  7. ↑ http://www.combinedfleet.com/Akebono_t.htm
  8. ↑ https://www.classnk.or.jp/register/regships/one_dsp.aspx?imo=9554729
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