STRUCK IN THE NIGHT.—The Japanese freighter Kokoku Mara, with a huge hole in her starboard side, under tow to San Francisco. The ship was struck by the Military Sea Transport ship Asterion, 30 miles north-west of San Francisco, in a heavy fog at night. One Japanese sailor was killed, two were injured, and 41 others were rescued. The Asterion, with her bow damaged above the waterline, reached San Francisco under her own power.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30155, 12 June 1963, Page 11
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73STRUCK IN THE NIGHT.—The Japanese freighter Kokoku Mara, with a huge hole in her starboard side, under tow to San Francisco. The ship was struck by the Military Sea Transport ship Asterion, 30 miles north-west of San Francisco, in a heavy fog at night. One Japanese sailor was killed, two were injured, and 41 others were rescued. The Asterion, with her bow damaged above the waterline, reached San Francisco under her own power. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30155, 12 June 1963, Page 11
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