List of Japanese hell ships
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The List of Japanese hell ships encompasses those vessels used for transporting Allied prisoners of war during the Pacific War.
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The names of the Japanese hell ships used during World War II includes some variants which are different names referring to the same ship.
- Aki Maru (Japanese Kyūjitai: 安藝丸, Shinjitai: 安芸丸) [1]
- Akikase
- Akitsuki [2]
- Amagi Maru [3]
- Anami Maru
- Aramis
- Argentina Maru ‡
- Arisan Maru - sunk by USS Snook (SS-279) 24 October 1944.[4]
- Asaka Maru
- Asama Maru - sunk by USS Atule (SS-403) 1 November 1944.≠
- Awa Maru≠ - sunk by USS Queenfish (SS-393) 1 April 1945
- Benjo Maru
- Brazil Maru‡-bombed 15 December 1944
- Burong
- Chichibu Maru - sunk by USS Gudgeon 28 April 1943
- Cho Saki Maru
- Chuka Maru‡
- Chuyo - sunk by USS Sailfish (SS-192) 4 December 1943
- Clyde Maru [6]
- Coastal Craft
- Coral Maru
- England Maru
- Enoshima Maru
- Enoura Maru [9]
- Enuri Maru
- Erie Maru
- Ex-British Ship
- Hakuroku Maru
- Hakusan Maru - sunk by USS Flier 4 June 1944
- Hakushika Maru
- Haru Maru
- Harukiku Maru (治菊丸, Ex-Dutch Ship Van Warweijk) - sunk by HMS Truculent 26 June 1944. 180 of 720 POW and 27 of 55 Japanese troops killed.
- Haruyasa Maru
- Hawaii Maru (はわい丸, Hawai Maru) [11]
- Heiyo Maru
- Hioki Maru
- Hiyoki Maru
- Hofuku Maru sunk 21 September 1943
- Hokko Maru
- Hokusen Maru (北鮮丸)
- Horror Maru
- Hozan Maru[12]
- Junyō Maru - torpedoed with loss of over 5,000 lives including 1300 POW.
- Kachidoki Maru - sunk by USS Pampanito (SS-383) 12 September 1944
- Kaishun Maru
- Kaiun Maru
- Kakko Maru
- Kalgan Maru
- Kamakura Maru-sunk by USS Gudgeon (SS-211) 28 April 1943
- Kamikase
- Kenkon Maru (乾坤丸)
- Kenwa Maru
- Kenzan Maru
- Kibitzu Maru
- King Kong Maru
- Kohho Maru
- Kokusei Maru
- Konosue Maru
- Koryu Maru
- Kōshū Maru‡
- Kuala
- Kunishima Maru
- Kurimata Maru
- Kyokko Maru [13]
- Kyokusei Maru
- Lima Maru≠
- Lisbon Maru (りすぼん丸, Risubon Maru)≠
- Maebashi Maru (前橋丸, Maebashi Maru)
- Makassar Maru
- Margaret
- Maros Maru
- Maru Go (5)
- Maru Hachi (8)
- Maru Ichi (1)
- Maru Ni (2)
- Maru No. 760
- Maru Roku
- Maru San (3)
- Maru Shi (4)
- Maru Shichi (7)
- Mati Mati Maru
- Matsu Maru
- Matti Matti Maru
- Maya Maru
- Mayebassi Maru
- Melbourne Maru‡
- Mishima Maru
- Miyo Maru
- Moji Maru
- Montevideo Maru (もんてびでお丸, Montebideo Maru)
- Nagara Maru [14]
- Nagata Maru
- Nagato Maru
- Nanshin Maru
- Naruto Maru
- Natoru Maru
- Nichimei Maru
- Nishi Maru
- Nissyo Maru
- Nitikoku Maru
- Nitimei Maru
- Nitta Maru≠
- No. 1 Yoshida Maru≠
- No. 2 Hikawa Maru≠
- No. 6 Kotobuki Maru
- No. 7 Hoshi Maru
- No. 17 Nanshin Maru
- No. 86
- No. 824
- Noto Maru [15]
- Pacific Maru [16]
- Panama Maru
- Potomac
- President Harrison
- Raihei Maru
- Rakuyo Maru (樂洋丸・楽洋丸)
- Rashin Maru (羅津丸)
- Rendsberg
- Rio de Janeiro Maru
- Roko Maru‡
- Rokyo Maru‡
- Ryūkyū Maru‡
- Samurusan Maru
- San Diego Maru
- Sandakan Steamer
- Sanko Maru
- Seikyo Maru
- Sekiho Maru
- Shinsei Maru
- Shinyo Maru [4]
- Shinyu Maru [17]
- Shoun Maru
- Sibijac
- Singapore Maru
- Singoto Maru
- Soong Cheong
- SS Subuk
- Suez Maru
- Sugi Maru
- Suzuya Maru [18]
- Tachibana Maru
- Taga Maru [19]
- Taian Maru
- Taiko Maru
- Taikoku Maru
- Taka Maru
- Tamahoko Maru
- Tango Maru
- Tanjong Penang
- Tatsuta Maru≠
- Tattori Maru
- Tatu Maru
- Teia Maru (帝亞丸・帝亜丸)
- Tenshin Maru
- Thames Maru [20]
- Tiensen
- Toendjoek
- Tojuku Maru
- Toka Maru
- Toko Maru
- Tomohoku Maru
- Tone
- Toro Maru
- Tottori Maru
- Toyama Maru
- Toyofuku Maru
- Toyohashi Maru
- Trading Vessel
- Treasure
- Tufuku Maru
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- ‡ Formerly in the fleet of O.S.K. Lines
- ≠ Formerly in the fleet of N.Y.K Lines
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Michno, Gregory. (2001). Death on the Hellships: Prisoners at Sea in the Pacific War, p. 93; n.b., Aki Maru (11,409 GT).
- ^ Michno, p. 207; n.b., the destroyer Akitsuki carried POWs, sunk in Battle of Leyte Gulf off Cape Engaño.
- ^ Michno, p. 93; n.b., Amagi Maru (3,165 GT), former NYK Line ship.
- ^ a b c WestPoint.org website: POW Registers website
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Celebes Maru
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Clyde Maru
- ^ Crager, Kelly E. (2008). Hell Under the Rising Sun: Texan POWs and the Building of the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, p. 73.
- ^ Crager, p. 57.
- ^ Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society: The Story of the Enoura Maru and the Men Who Died
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: France Maru
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Hawaii Maru
- ^ Roscoe, Theodore et al. (1949). United States submarine operations in World War II, p. 548; n.b., Hozan Maru (2,345 GT) sunk November 23, 1944 by USS Redfish at 24-26N, 122-46E.
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Kyokko Maru
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Nagara Maru
- ^ BataanSurvivor.com: Noto Maru
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Pacific Maru
- ^ Roscoe, p. 548; n.b., Shinyu Maru (4,621 GT) sunk April 13, 1944 by USS Redfin at 6-41N, 123-40E.
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Suzuya Maru
- ^ Parkinson, James et al. (2006). Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts, and Congress, p. 153.
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Thames Maru
- ^ Roscoe, p. 542; n.b., Wales Maru (6,586 GT) sunk May 24, 1944 by USS Lapon at 7-16N, 109-044E.
- ^ Roscoe, p. 548; n.b., Yamagata Maru (4,621 GT) sunk April 16, 1944 by USS Redfin at 7-04N, 123-27E.
- ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Yuzan Maru
[edit] References
- Crager, Kelly E. (2008). Hell Under the Rising Sun: Texan POWs and the Building of the Burma-Thailand Death Railway. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. 10-ISBN 1-58544-635-1; 13-ISBN 978-1-58544-635-3; OCLC 145378792
- Michno, Gregory. (2001). Death on the Hellships: Prisoners at Sea in the Pacific War. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 10-ISBN 1-55750-482-2; 13-ISBN 978-1-55750-482-1; OCLC 45757730
- Parkinson, James W. and Lee Benson (2006). Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts, and Congress. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 10-ISBN 1-59114-204-0; 13-ISBN 978-1-59114-204-1; OCLC 63116439
- Roscoe, Theodore and Richard G Voge (1949). United States Submarine Operations in World War II. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute. OCLC 1127592
[edit] External links
- "Hell Ships". Britain at War. http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Hell_Ships/. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
