Name/Title
IJN CHOUN MARUEntry/Object ID
2023.7.83Description
This photograph of the IJN CHOUN MARU is believed to have been taken in Apaan Bay, Pagan Island in the Marshall Islands, 18 October 1945. Both IJN CHOUN MARU and the ATHERTON were at Pagan Island on that date.
Built in 1939/1940, CHOUN MARU entered IJN service on 30 November 1941. Following Japan's surrender, she embarked Japanese troops and passengers to be repatriated. She performed these duties from October 1945 - August 1946.
To learn more, see combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/ChounM_t.htmCollection
USS Atherton DE 169
