Japanese stores ship Hokkai Maru (1934)
Hokkai Maru (Japanese: 北海丸) was an auxiliary stores ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
 Japanese auxiliary stores ship Hokkai Maru | |
| History | |
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| 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: | 9 May 1934 |
| Commissioned: | requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy, October 1937 |
| Stricken: | 10 January 1944 |
| Homeport: | Tokyo |
| Identification: | 39090 |
| Fate: | sunk by torpedo attack by submarine, 22 November 1944 |
| Notes: |
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| 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] |
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.[1][4] Her sister ships were stores ships Tōkō Maru No. 2 Go and Hakurei Maru.[3] She was launched on 15 March 1934 and completed on 9 May 1934.[3] She was made of steel.[2] She worked as a fishing trawler until she was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy in October 1937.[3]
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).[3][5] She was struck from the Navy List on 10 January 1944.[3]
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References
- Toda, Gengoro S. "Tokusetsu Unsosen (Kyuryosen) (stores ship) stats" (PDF). Imperial Japanese Navy (in Japanese).
- ONI 208-J (Supplement no. 2) Far Eastern Small Craft. Division of Naval Intelligence. March 1945. p. 31.
- Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "北海丸の船歴 (Hokkai Maru - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
- Toda, Gengoro S. "Tokusetsu Unsosen (Kyuryosen) (Page 2)". Imperial Japanese Navy (in Japanese).
- Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1944, November". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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