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.

For for the Japanese transport ship, see Japanese transport ship Hokkai Maru.
Japanese auxiliary stores ship Hokkai Maru
History
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: 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:
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]

References
  1. Toda, Gengoro S. "Tokusetsu Unsosen (Kyuryosen) (stores ship) stats" (PDF). Imperial Japanese Navy (in Japanese).
  2. ONI 208-J (Supplement no. 2) Far Eastern Small Craft. Division of Naval Intelligence. March 1945. p. 31.
  3. 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. Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1944, November". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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