Rescued Database

Rakuyo Maru

Also Named: Rokyo Maru

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23719

Able Seaman

Houghton, John Charles

Australian

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S. Perth

Japanese POW

Being transported to Japan from Singapore on the Rakuyo Maru

Rescued by Americans

Java Party 4. houghtonTorpedoed and sunk on 12/09/1944 by US submarine Sealion off East Hainan island at around 5:00am. 1159 were lost. Rescued by USS Sealion SS 315 from water.

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