What the records say
- When
- 1 Mar 1944 – 16 Mar 1944
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 20.53° S, 87.17° E
- Description
- 1944 raid of Allied shipping by Imperial Japanese Navy
Indian Ocean raid (1944)
World War II Japanese raid on Allied ships
In March 1944, in Operation SA No.1, a force of three Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) heavy cruisers raided Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean. The cruisers departed Japanese-held territory on 1 March with the support of other IJN vessels and aircraft. On 9 March, they encountered and sank the British steamer Behar, with the heavy cruiser Tone picking up over 100 survivors.
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