List of Japanese hell ships
- Part of Lists of Prisoner-of-War Camps section in the Prisoner-of-war camp article.
The List of Japanese hell ships encompasses those vessels used for transporting Allied prisoners of war during the Pacific War.
Select list
The names of the Japanese hell ships used during World War II includes some variants which are different names referring to the same ship.
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- England Maru
- Enoshima Maru
- Enoura Maru [9]
- Enuri Maru
- Erie Maru
- Ex-British Ship
- France Maru [10]
- Fuji Maru‡
- Fukkai Maru
- Fuku Maru
- Fukuji Maru
- Fukuju Maru
- 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]
- Ikoma Maru
- Ikuta Maru
- Interisland Steamer
- 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
- 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]
- Oite
- Op ten Noort
- Oryoki Maru
- Oryokko Maru
- Oryoku Maru [4]
- OSK Ferry
- Otaro Maru
- Oyo Maru
- 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
- Ube Maru
- Ume Maru
- Umeda Maru
- Unyo
- Uruppu Maru
- Ussuri Maru
- Usu Maru
- Wales Maru [21]
- Weills Maru
- Winchester Maru
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- ‡ Formerly in the fleet of O.S.K. Lines
- ≠ Formerly in the fleet of N.Y.K Lines
See also
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
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
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