Japanese auxiliary stores ship Hokkai Maru
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Hokkai Maru |
Builder | Mitsubishi Zosen K.K., Kobe |
Laid down | 12 September 1933 |
Launched | 15 March 1934 |
Sponsored by | Nippon Suisan K.K. |
Completed | 15 May 1934 |
Commissioned | requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy, October 1937 |
Stricken | 10 January 1944 |
Homeport | Tokyo |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by torpedo attack from USS Scabbardfish, 22 November 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Stores ship |
Tonnage | 407 GRT [1] |
Length | 45.6 m (149 ft 7 in) o/a [1] |
Beam | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) [1] |
Draught | 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) [2] |
Hokkai Maru (Japanese: 北海丸) was an auxiliary stores ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Hokkai Maru was laid down on 12 September 1933 [3] by Mitsubishi Zosen K.K. at their Kobe shipyard at the behest of the Nippon Suisan K.K. as a refrigerated deep sea trawler. [1] [4] Her sister trawlers became stores ships Tōkō Maru No. 2 Go and Hakurei Maru. [3] She was launched on 15 March 1934 and completed on 15 May 1934. [3] She was made of steel. [2] She was a fishing trawler until she was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy in October 1937. [3] Returned to her owners November-December 1938. Re-requisitioned in 1939. returned to her owners 23 May 1940. Re-requisitioned 7 August 1940.
On 7 May, 1942 she rescued twenty three survivors from a raft from Auxiliary merchant cruiser Kinjosan Maru, torpedoed and sunk by USS Greenling on the 4th. [5]
On 22 November 1944, she was attacked and sunk by torpedoes fired from the American submarine USS Scabbardfish at ( 33°20′N 142°00′E / 33.333°N 142.000°E). [3] [6] She was struck from the Navy List on 10 January 1944. [3]