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| Ship name= ''Magane Maru''
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| Ship builder= [[Harima Zosensho]]
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| Ship laid down= 14 December 1939
| Ship launched= 15 June 1940
| Ship sponsor= Nihon Kaiun
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| Ship completed=5 August 1940
| Ship acquired= Requisitioned by [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], 5 September 1941
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| Ship identification= 47295
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| Ship fate= Sunk by {{USS|Snook|SS-279|6}}, 24 January 1944
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*[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: JGNM
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|Ship tonnage= {{GRT|3120}}
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|Ship length= {{convert|97|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]]<ref name=ws>{{Cite web|first= Jan |last=Lettens |title= Magane Maru (まがね丸 Snook) (+1944)|website=wrecksite.eu|date=May 11, 2010 |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136556 }}</ref>
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|Ship propulsion=  1 x 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engine, single shaft, 1 screw<ref name=ws/>
|Ship power= 1600 hp
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|Ship armament= *1 x [[8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun]]<ref name=TodaMaganeMaru/><br> 1 twin Type 93 machinegun ([[:jp:九三式十三粍機銃]])<ref name=TodaMaganeMaru/><br> 1 [[Type 3 heavy machine gun]]<ref name=TodaMaganeMaru/><br> 120 mines<ref name=TodaMaganeMaru/>
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'''''Magane Maru''''' (''Japanese:'' まがね丸) was an auxiliary [[minelayer]], [[gunboat]], and [[patrol boat]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during World War II.

==History==
''Magane Maru'' was laid down on 14 December 1939 at the shipyard of [[Harima Zosensho]] at the behest of shipping company, Nihon Kaiun.<ref name=TodaMaganeMaru>{{Cite web|first=Gengoro S. |last=Toda |title=まがね丸の船歴 (Magane Maru - Ship History)  |website=Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen|date=21 September 2019 |url= http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/J/110/110_038.htm |language=ja}}</ref><ref name=LeoNie>{{Cite web|first1= Leo|last1=Niehorster |first2=Jeff |last2=Donahoo|title=Converted Gunboats of the Imperial Japanese Navy |publisher=World War II Armed Forces - Orders of Battle and Organizations|url= http://www.niehorster.org/014_japan/navy-commanders/pgx.html |access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref> She was launched on 15 June 1940 and completed 5 August 1940.<ref name=LeoNie /> On 5 September 1941, she was requisitioned by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] and converted to an auxiliary [[minelayer]]/[[gunboat]] under Reserve Lieutenant Maniwa Kenji (間庭建爾).<ref name=LeoNie /> Armaments mounted were 1 x [[8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun]], 1 twin Type 93 machinegun ([[:jp:ホ式十三粍高射機関砲|jp]]) (based on the [[Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun]]), 1 [[Type 3 heavy machine gun]], and 120 mines.<ref name=TodaMaganeMaru/> In December 1941, she was assigned to the 7th Base Force, Gunboat Division 10 of the [[5th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|5th Fleet]] under Lieutenant Commandeer Sasaki Heiji (佐々木丙二)([[:jp:佐々木丙二|jp]]).<ref name=LeoNie /> The 7th Base Force was based in [[Ominato]].<ref name=LeoNie /> On 10 April 1942, she was detached from Gunboat Division 10<ref name=LeoNie /> and attached to the [[Japanese occupation of Attu|Adak-Attu invasion force]] under Rear Admiral [[Sentarō Ōmori]] during the [[Aleutian Islands campaign]].<ref name=USSBS>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/campaignsofpacif46unit|page=[https://archive.org/details/campaignsofpacif46unit/page/99 99]|author=United States Strategic Bombing Survey|title=The Campaigns of the Pacific War|year=1946|publisher=U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific) Naval Analysis Division, 1946}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Leo  |last1=Niehorster |first2=Al |last2=Alsleben |first3=Tadashi  |last3=Yoda  |title= Aleutian Operations  |website=Imperial Japanese Armed Forces|url=http://www.niehorster.org/014_japan/42-05-01_ops_06/alaska.html  }}</ref> On 25 September 1942, she was reassigned to the [[Yokosuka Naval District]].<ref name=LeoNie /> On 25 May 1943, Sasaki was replaced by Reserve Lieutenant Yamazaki Kiyoichi (山嵜來代一).<ref name=LeoNie /> On 18 September 1943, Yamazaki was replaced by Reserve Lieutenant Shigematsu Yoshioka (吉岡茂松).<ref name=LeoNie />

On 24 January 1944, she was attacked and sunk by the American submarine {{USS|Snook|SS-279|6}} about 175 miles northwest of [[Chichi Jima]] ({{coord|29|49|N|140|08|E|display=}})<ref name=LeoNie /> (Japanese sources indicate {{coord|30|06|N|141|19|E|display=}}).<ref name=TodaMaganeMaru/> She was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1944.<ref name=LeoNie/>

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[[Category:1940 ships]]
[[Category:Auxiliary ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy]]
[[Category:World War II minelayers of Japan]]
[[Category:Minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy]]
[[Category:Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign]]
[[Category:Ships sunk by American submarines]]
[[Category:Mine warfare vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built by IHI Corporation]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in January 1944]]