DIVING TRUK LAGOON
450' (87m), 8,614-ton Passenger-Cargo Ship was built in 1934 and provided service to New York from Kobe, Japan. In 1941 she was converted into an armed auxiliary cruiser, with eight anti-aircraft guns and a pair of torpedo launchers. US Submarine Balao attacked Kiyosumi Maru with a half dozen topedoes, three of which nailed her, but she didn't go down. A sister cruiser Oyodo towed her To Truk Lagoon, where she was being repaired at the time of Operation Hailstone. Douglas dive bombers from USS Yorktown CV10 and USS Enterprise did her in. 43 crewmen died in the attacks.
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