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''Oigawa Maru'' (大井川丸) was a transport ship of the
Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...
during
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. On 10 December 1941, while unloading troops at Pandan, Philippines, she was bombed and damaged and beached to prevent sinking. She left Rabaul, New Britain on 1 March 1943, as part of ''Operation 81'', carrying a cargo of troops, equipment, fuel, landing craft and ammunition for Lae, New Guinea. The convoy was attacked by aircraft of the
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and
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from 2 March 1943, known as the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. ''Oigawa Maru'' was bombed and damaged on 3 March, and was later sunk by motor torpedo boats '' PT-143'' and '' PT-150'' and sank at () There were 78 crewmen and 1,151 troops of the 51st Division who were killed in action.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oigawa Maru 1941 ships Ships built in Japan Maritime incidents in December 1941 Maritime incidents in March 1943