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Japanese destroyer Okinami shipwreck

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Okinami (沖波, "High Seas Waves") was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. On 29 February 1944 while escorting a troop convoy she assisted with sinking USS Trout, & assisted in the rescue of 1,720 survivors of the Sakito Maru. On November 5, 1944 she was damaged by near misses and strafing during an air attack, and there were 28 casualties.

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