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On 22 June 1942, some weeks after the fall of Rabaul, the Montevideo Maru was in that port, where 845 Australian Prisoners of war and 206 civilian internees where embarked.
She was proceeding without any escort or notification of the Allies to the Chinese island of Hainan, when the ship was sighted by the AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in submarineUSS Los Angeles (SSN-688)|USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized boat that travels under water, usually for military or scientific purposes. Most major navies of the world employ submarines. Submarines are also used for marine and freshwater science SturgeonUSS Sturgeon (SS-187 a Salmon class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for named for the sturgeon, a large, bony-plated fish with an elongated body that is an important source of caviar and isinglass. Her keel was laid do near the northern PhilippineThe Republic of the Philippines is an island nation consisting of an archipelago of 7,107 islands, lying in the tropical western Pacific Ocean about 100 kilometers southeast of mainland Asia. Spain (1521-1898) and the United States (1898-1946), colonized coast, on 30 June. The Sturgeon fired four torpedoesA modern torpedo is a self-propelled guided projectile that operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. Torpedoes are weapons that may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircr at the Montevideo Maru, sinking it before dawn of 1 July.
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