Photo 1 of 4 showing the last moments for the Japanese 5,000-ton cargo ship Shoun Maru as the result of a torpedo attack by a TBM Avenger flying from USS White Plains, Sasanhaya Bay, Rota, Mariana Islands, 24 Jun 1943.

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Caption     Photo 1 of 4 showing the last moments for the Japanese 5,000-ton cargo ship Shoun Maru as the result of a torpedo attack by a TBM Avenger flying from USS White Plains, Sasanhaya Bay, Rota, Mariana Islands, 24 Jun 1943. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Sasanhaya Bay, Rota, Mariana Islands
Date 24 Jun 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   NH 95564
 
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Photos on Same Day 24 Jun 1944
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 5,661 x 4,385 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
13 Jul 2025 03:58:13 PM

Shoun Maru at anchor in Sasanhaya Bay during a strafing attack from four FM-2 Wildcats flying from USS White Plains just prior to a successful torpedo attack. Many sources date these photos as 23 Jun 1944 but this is incorrect, due to a misreading of the original Navy action report. Other reports created at the time list the date of this attack as 24 Jun 1944. Also, this attack is often mistakenly credited to Task Force 58, the fast carrier task force, but White Plains was attached to Task Group 52.14, part of the tactical support task force.

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WW2-Era Location Name:
Sasanhaya Bay, Rota, Mariana Islands

Latitude-Longitude:
14.1249, 145.1638

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Admiral Raymond Spruance, Admiral Ernest King, Admiral Chestaer Nimitz, and Major General Sanderford Jarman at Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944

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