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Allied AK working for IJN
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:24 am
by 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?
RE: Allied AK working for IJN
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:28 am
by Dutchgy2000
Wasn't by any chanche the USS Bowfin was it?
Check for Nov 26. 1943
*LINK*
RE: Allied AK working for IJN
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:50 am
by 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
RE: Allied AK working for IJN
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:02 am
by afspret
I thought about that and typed tried a quick web search but couldn't come up with anything.
RE: Allied AK working for IJN
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:19 am
by 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]