Allied AK working for IJN

[afspret]

One of my subs attacked an AK with the name Beryl off the coast of Kagoshima. The torp failed to detonate (damn Mk 14s[:@]) and the escorting IJN DD dropped some depth charges on my boat, which thankfully missed.

1--Is the name a typo (by leaving off Maru)?

2--Did a ship with this name actually serve with the Japanese Merchant Marine?

3--Is there an error in the OOB which lists the ship as being Japanese?

[Dutchgy2000]

Wasn't by any chanche the USS Bowfin was it?

Check for Nov 26. 1943 *LINK*

[String]

Most likely an european ship interred in japan at the start of the war in europe and then commandeered by the IJN or IJA

[afspret]

I thought about that and typed tried a quick web search but couldn't come up with anything.

[michaelm75au]

From Bowfin log:
 



[font="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"]26 Nov 1943 [/font]
[font="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"]Beryl (Vichy French) [/font]
[font="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"]Passenger-Cargo [/font]
[right][font="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"]671 [/font][/right]
[font="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"]South China Sea [/font]