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Venus

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1905 Venus Cornhill S.S. Co. Ltd.
1913 Venus Leander S.S. Co.
1920 Venus Thompson S.S. Co. London
1921 Unkai Maru Nakamura Seishichiro

Fate

Anchored north of Uman in the Carolina Islands Unkai Maru was attacked by Grumman Avenger dive bombers from the USS Essex then by planes from Yorktown & USS Bunker Hill. The following day she was again attacked from the USS Essex & she sank in 7.25N/151.45E on 17 February 1944.