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Japanese stores ship Hokkai Maru (1934)

For the Japanese transport ship, see Japanese transport ship Hokkai Maru. For the Japanese rescue tug, see Japanese rescue tug Hokkai Maru (1942).

Japanese auxiliary stores ship Hokkai Maru
History
Empire of Japan
NameHokkai Maru
BuilderMitsubishi Zosen K.K., Kobe
Laid down12 September 1933
Launched15 March 1934
Sponsored byNippon Suisan K.K.
Completed15 May 1934
Commissionedrequisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy, October 1937
Stricken10 January 1944
HomeportTokyo
Identification
FateSunk by torpedo attack from USS Scabbardfish, 22 November 1944
General characteristics
TypeStores ship
Tonnage407 GRT[1]
Length45.6 m (149 ft 7 in) o/a[1]
Beam7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)[1]
Draught4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Speed10 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.

History

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 / 33.333; 142.000).[3][6] She was struck from the Navy List on 10 January 1944.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Toda, Gengoro S. "Tokusetsu Unsosen (Kyuryosen) (stores ship) stats" (PDF). Imperial Japanese Navy (in Japanese).
  2. ^ a b ONI 208-J (Supplement no. 2) Far Eastern Small Craft. Division of Naval Intelligence. March 1945. p. 31.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "北海丸の船歴 (Hokkai Maru - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
  4. ^ Toda, Gengoro S. "Tokusetsu Unsosen (Kyuryosen) (Page 2)". Imperial Japanese Navy (in Japanese).
  5. ^ "Japanese Auxiliary Storeships". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ^ Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1944, November". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2015.


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