Karafuto in WW2 History | World War II Database

9 Aug 1925

Photo(s) dated 9 Aug 1925

Crown Prince Hirohito arriving at Otomari, Karafuto, Japan (now Korsakov, Russia), 9 Aug 1925

10 Aug 1925

Photo(s) dated 10 Aug 1925

Nagato at Otomari, Karafuto, Japan (now Korsakov, Russia), 10 Aug 1925; she was hosting Crown Prince Hirohito for an inspection of the northern port town

12 May 1943

Japan

Kamikaze departed Odomari, Karafuto Prefecture, Japan (now Korsakov, Russia) for patrols in the northern Kurile Islands area. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Odomari, Karafuto | CPC]

18 Jul 1945

Japan

The 3,593-ton Japanese railway passenger ferry Soya Maru departed Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan for Odomari (now Korsakov, Russia) carrying over 600 passengers including women and children, escorted by anti-submarine vessel CD-112. As the two ships crossed the mouth of the Magotsue River, the American submarine USS Barb (SS 220) sighted them and fired two and then three torpedoes at the convoy. Of the two torpedoes in the first salvo, one exploded on the nearby shoreline, and the other was seen by lookouts on the Soya Maru heading straight for CD-112. When the torpedo struck CD-112, it set off the depth charges aboard the ship, blowing her apart in a huge explosion. The commanding officer Shunichiro Ishiwatari and 199 of her crew were killed. The ferry went on ahead unharmed. ww2dbase [Barb | Karafuto | HM]

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