List of Japanese hell ships

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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.

Aikoku Maru

Aki Maru (Japanese Kyūjitai: 安藝丸, Shinjitai: 安芸丸)

Akikase - on 18 March 1943, all 60 POWs on board were executed.

Akitsuki

Amagi Maru

Anami Maru

Aramis

Argentina Maru

Arisan Maru – sunk by USS Snook 24 October 1944. 1,777 US POWs killed.

Asaka Maru

Asama Maru – sunk by USS Atule 1 November 1944. No POWs on board. ^≠

Awa Maru^≠ – sunk by USS Queenfish 1 April 1945. No POWs on board.

Benjo Maru

Brazil Maru^‡ – bombed 15 December 1944. No POWs on board.

Burong

Canadian Inventor

Canadian Prince

Celebes Maru

Chichibu Maru – sunk by USS Gudgeon 28 April 1943. No POWs on board.

Cho Saki Maru

Chuka Maru^‡

Chuyo – sunk by USS Sailfish 4 December 1943. 20 of the 21 POWs on board died.

Clyde Maru

Coral Maru

Dai Moji Maru

Dai Nichi Maru

Daikeku Maru

Dainichi Maru

DeKlerk

England Maru

Enoshima Maru

Enoura Maru – sunk by Allied aircraft on 9 January 1945, resulting in the deaths of approximately 400 Allied POWs.

Enuri Maru

Erie Maru

France Maru

Fuji Maru^‡

Fukkai Maru

Fuku Maru

Fukuji Maru

Fukuju Maru

Hakuroku Maru

Hakusan Maru – sunk by USS Flier 4 June 1944. No POWs on board.

Hakushika Maru

Haru Maru

Harukiku Maru (治菊丸, Ex-Dutch Ship Van Waerwijck) – sunk by HMS Truculent 26 June 1944, 180 of 720 POWs and 27 of 55 Japanese troops killed

Haruyasa Maru

Hawaii Maru (はわい丸, Hawai Maru)

Heiyo Maru

Hioki Maru

Hiyoki Maru

Hofuku Maru - sunk on 21 September 1943 by American aircraft, while carrying 1,289 British and Dutch POWs. 1,047 of them died.

Hokko Maru

Hokusen Maru (北鮮丸)

Hozan Maru

Ikoma Maru - sunk on 21 January 1944 by USS Seahorse . 418 of 611 Indian POWs on board were killed.

Ikuta Maru

Interisland Steamer

Junyō Maru – torpedoed with loss of over 5,000 lives, including 1,300 POWs

Kachidoki Maru – sunk by Pampanito on 12 September 1944. Of 900 POWs, 400 perished. The remaining were transferred to the Kibitsu Maru and taken on to Japan

Kaishun Maru

Kaiun Maru

Kakko Maru

Kalgan Maru

Kamakura Maru – sunk by USS Gudgeon on 28 April 1943. No POWs on board.

Kenkon Maru (乾坤丸)

Kenwa Maru

Kenzan Maru

Kiaota Maru

Kibitzu Maru

Kohho Maru

Kokusei Maru

Konosue Maru

Koryu Maru

Kōshū Maru - sunk by USS Ray on 4 August 1944. 1,239 out of 1,513 POWs, most of them Javanese labourers, died.^‡

Kunishima Maru

Kurimata Maru

Kyokko Maru

Kyokusei Maru

Lima Maru^≠

Lisbon Maru (りすぼん丸, Risubon Maru)^≠ – sunk by Grouper. Of the 1,816 British POWs, 842 perished.

Maebashi Maru (前橋丸, Maebashi Maru)

Makassar Maru

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) – sunk by Sturgeon. all 1,054 Australian POWs and civilians died.

Nagara Maru

Nagata Maru

Nagato Maru

Nanshin Maru

Naruto Maru

Natoru Maru

Nichimei Maru - Sunk on 15 January 1943 by US aircraft, transporting 1,500 Japanese troops and 965 Dutch POWs of which 32 POWs died.

Nishi Maru

Nissyo Maru

Nitikoku Maru

Nitimei Maru

Nitta Maru^≠

Yoshida Maru No. 1^≠

No. 2 Hikawa Maru^≠

No. 6 Kotobuki Maru

No. 7 Hoshi Maru

No. 17 Nanshin Maru

No. 86

No. 824

Noto Maru

Oite

Op ten Noort

Oryoki Maru

Oryokko Maru

Oryoku Maru - Sunk by US airplanes on 15 December 1944, killing 270 of the 1,620 POWs on board.

OSK Ferry

Otaro Maru

Oyo Maru

Pacific Maru

Panama Maru

Raihei Maru

Rakuyo Maru – sunk by USS Sealion on 12 September 1944. Of 1,317 POWs, 1,159 POWs perished. 63 were rescued four days later by the submarines that sank the convoy she was in

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 - sunk on 7 September 1944 by USS Paddle. 668 out of 750 American POWs on board were killed.

Shinyu Maru - damaged on 25 October 1942 by Dutch submarine HNLMS O 23 and abandoned. Some 100 out of 500 POWs drowned.

Shoun Maru

Sibijac

Singapore Maru left Batavia in Java 17 October 1942 with 3,000 British prisoners, arrived Moji, Japan, (via Singapore) 25 November 1942, 108 died on the journey.

Singoto Maru

Soong Cheong

SS Subuk

Suez Maru - sunk on 29 November 1943 by USS Bonefish. All 548 British and Dutch POWs drowned or were shot trying to escape.

Sugi Maru

Suzuya Maru

Tachibana Maru

Taga Maru

Taian Maru

Taiko Maru

Taikoku Maru

Taka Maru

Tamahoko Maru - sunk on 25 February 1944 by USS Tang. 560 of the 772 Australian, British and American prisoners were killed.

Tango Maru - sunk on 25 February 1944 by USS Rasher. Some 300 allied POWs were amongst the 3,000 killed.

Tanjong Penang

Tatsuta Maru^≠

Tattori Maru

Tatu Maru

Teia Maru (帝亞丸・帝亜丸)

Tenshin Maru

Thames Maru

Tiensen

Toendjoek

Tofuku Maru

Tojuku Maru

Toka Maru

Toko Maru

Tomohoku Maru

Toro Maru

Tottori Maru

Toyama Maru

Toyofuku Maru

Toyohashi Maru

Tufuku Maru

Ube Maru

Ume Maru

Umeda Maru

Unyo

Uruppu Maru

Ussuri Maru

Usu Maru

Van Waerwijck

Wales Maru

Weills Maru

Winchester Maru

Yamagata Maru

Yashu Maru

Yinagata Maru

Yone Maru

Yoshida Maru^≠

Yubi Maru

Yuzan Maru

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