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No.652 Gokoku Maru launched in 1941

10,438grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Tama SB Co, Osaka Torpedoed by USS Barb off Japan 1944 Image attribution: Ueda Kitachiro Gokoku (GOKOKU MARU by Ueda Kitachiro) Scale metal model of Gokoku Maru

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No.631 Hokoku Maru launched in 1939

10,438grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Sank Indian Ocean 1942 after a surface action

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No.637 Aikoku Maru launched in 1939

10,437 Osaka Shosen KK from Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Bombed Truk Atoll 1944 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com/Aikoku_t.htm

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