1. Tsushima MaruTsushima Maru (対馬丸) was a Japanese passenger/cargo ship that was sunk while carrying hundreds of schoolchildren by the submarine USS Bowfin during World War II. The ship was on her way from Okinawa to Kagoshima. On August 22, 1944, at between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. local time, Bowfin attacked the convoy in which the Tsushima Maru was sailing and sank her close by the island of Akusekijima. 1,484 civilians, including 767 schoolchildren, were killed. 59 children survived the sinking.
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