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History
Empire of Japan
Name	Tama Maru No. 2
Owner	Taiyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha (1936-1941) Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1944)
Builder	Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Launched	1936
Identification	42340
Fate	Sunk as a result of damage by US aircraft on 13 March 1942
Notes	Call sign: JGIL
General characteristics
Class and type	Tama Maru-class
Tonnage	264 GRT
Length	119.7 feet (36.5 m)
Beam	24.1 feet (7.3 m)
Draught	13.7 feet (4.2 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engines (76 NHP)

Tama Maru No. 2 was a 264 gross register tons (GRT) whaler built by Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe for Taiyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha in 1936. She was requisitioned in 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and converted into a minesweeper. On 10 March 1942, during the invasion of Lae-Salamaua, Tama Maru No. 2 was damaged by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers from the United States Navy aircraft carriers USS Lexington and USS Yorktown off Lae, New Guinea.

On 13 March 1942, Tama Maru No. 2 sank as a result of damage inflicted off Lae.

Notes

1. "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
2. Niehorster, Leo; Donahoo, Jeff. "Auxiliary Minesweepers of the Imperial Japanese Navy". World War II Armed Forces - Orders of Battle and Organizations. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
3. Toda, Gengoro S. "第二玉丸の船歴 (Tama Maru No. 2 - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).

External links

• Chronological List of Japanese Merchant Vessel Losses

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, Van Waerwijck, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, Koolama, SS Mary, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter, Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan, HNLMS Gouden Leeuw, Nyggjaberg, Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel, Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587, Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585 Unknown: Emilia, Panay
Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: USS Sargo, HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 23 Mar: USS Gato 25 Mar: Imperial Transport Unknown date: USS Drum
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• 1936 ships
• Mine warfare vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Ships sunk by US aircraft
• Minesweepers sunk by aircraft
• Shipwrecks of Papua New Guinea
• Maritime incidents in March 1942
• World War II minesweepers of Japan
• Auxiliary ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy