Ocean explorers announced Saturday they have discovered the remains of a Japanese World War II vessel that sank with over 1,000 Allied POWs on board. The Montevideo Maru was a Japanese war ship that was fired upon by the American submarine USS Sturgeon and sank near the Philippines in 1942. The Montevideo Maru did not display markings indicating that it was transporting POWs. (Australian War Memorial)Approximately 979 of those killed were Australian — the country's single largest maritime loss of life in World War II. The Montevideo Maru was destroyed on July 1, 1942, while transporting prisoners captured during the Battle of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea .

Source: Fox News April 22, 2023 21:00 UTC