1981 Event U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru 1954 Event Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die 1944 Event British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed 1944 Event 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru 1912 Event "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000
