Japanese escort ship Matsuwa
Encyclopedia
was an escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
during World War II.
On 2 August 1944 Matsuwa was torpedoed and sunk by USS Harder (SS-257)
USS Harder (SS-257)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa. One of the most famous submarines of World War II, she received the Presidential Unit Citation. Her skipper, the resolute and resourceful Commander ...
in Hidai Bay.