Shin'yō Maru incident

Shinyō Maru incident
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Mindanao
Mindanao (Philippines)
DateSeptember 7, 1944
Location
off Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, Sulu Sea
Result

American victory

  • Major loss of life among American POWs
Belligerents
 United States  Japan
Commanders and leaders
Byron Nowell Unknown
Strength
1 submarine 2 torpedo boats
2 tankers
4 cargo ships
Casualties and losses
1 submarine damaged
687 Allied POWs killed by the Japanese or friendly fire		 47 killed
1 tanker sunk
1 cargo ship grounded

The Shin'yō Maru incident occurred in the Philippines on September 7, 1944, in the Pacific theater of World War II. In an attack on a Japanese convoy by the United States Navy submarine USS Paddle, 668 Allied prisoners of war were killed fighting their Japanese guards or killed when their ship, Shinyō Maru, was sunk. Only 82 Americans survived and were later rescued.

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