Hokoku Maru (1940) |
Builder: |
Tama Zosensho K.K. Tama, Tokyo, Japan |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
August 18, 1938 |
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Year Built: |
1940 |
Launched: |
July 5, 1939 |
Type: |
Passenger/Cargo |
Completed: |
June 22, 1940 |
Owners |
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1940-1941: | Osaka Shosen Kaisha Osaka, Japan |
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1941-1942: |
Imperial Japanese Navy (requisitioned Aug. 29, 1941) |
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Fate: |
Sunk Nov. 11, 1942 by gunfire from MS Ondina (Capt. Willem Horsman) and HMIS Bengal (Lt. Cdr. William J. Wilson). Location: Indian Ocean, 1,340 miles southwest of Jakarta, Indonesia. (19.45S-92.40E) |
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Notes: |
Converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser, commissioned Sept. 20, 1941. |
Combat Victories |
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Date |
Name |
Type |
Tons |
Nationality |
Notes |
Dec. 12, 1941 |
Vincent |
Freighter |
6,210 |
USA |
a |
May 9, 1942 |
Genota |
Tanker |
7,987 |
Netherlands |
b |
July 12, 1942 |
Hauraki |
Freighter |
7,113 |
UK |
c |
Sunk: |
6,210 |
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Captured: |
15,100 |
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Total: |
21,310 |
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Notes |
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(a): |
Assisted by the AMC Aikoku Maru. Captured and scuttled by gunfire. |
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(b): |
Captured, taken as prize. Commissioned into IJN as Ose on July 20, 42. Sunk Mar. 30, 1944 by USN aircraft. |
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(c): |
Assisted by the AMC Aikoku Maru. Captured taken as prize. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Feb. 10, 2015 |