Japanese minelayer, IJN Tsugaru, sunk by USS Darter (SS-227)
on June 29th, 1944.
4,400 tons
Length: 372 feet
Beam: 51 feet
Draft: 16 feet
Speed: 20 knots
Armament: Two pairs of 5-inch guns, 600 mines, one aircraft
(Photo Courtesy of John G. Mansfield, Jr., RM2(SS), Menhaden,
1963-65)