Slitherine

I have read that Australians view this incident in the same way that Americans feel about 9/11. The Australians do not blame the U.S. whose submarine sank the Montevideo Maru. They blame Japan for sending hundreds of prisoners of war on an unmarked, unescorted passenger ship into dangerous waters.

Japanese Ship, Torpedoed in 1942 With P.O.W.s Aboard, Is Found


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/worl ... =url-share

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And of course the US torpedoes worked for once....

Yeah I remember seeing that story. Hopefully it doesn't end up getting looted like so many other shipwrecks of the period.