Dear Brian,

Same web site as above:

12 September 1944:
S China Sea. E of Hainan, China. The HIRADO is torpedoed by Cdr Thomas B. Oakey’s USS GROWLER (SS-215) and sinks at 17-54N, 114-59E. Rear Admiral Kajioka goes down with the ship. He is promoted Vice Admiral, posthumously.

At 0500, LtCdr (later Vice Admiral) Eli T. Reich in the USS SEALION (SS-315) torpedoes the RAKUYO MARU, but she stays afloat for another 13 hours, sinking at 1820 that evening. She is carrying 1,318 Allied POWs, of whom 1,051 are lost. Reich also sinks the NANKAI MARU

Norman Malayney